Critic Reviews

Beautifully observed, miraculously unsentimental comedy-drama.

A witty and sophisticated sensibility brings individuality to the classic odd-couple comedy.

Heartwarming here relies less on forced air than on Petter Næss’ delicate, clever direction -- and a wonderful, imaginative script by Axel Hellstenius.

A sweet but unsticky comedy from Norway that was one of the five foreign- language nominees at this year's Academy Awards.

There is a little of all of us in their awkwardness, fears and neuroses, and we root for their success in the mundane as if they were ascending Everest. Elling is still in the running for 2002's most uplifting movie.

Charms because of its natural, non-magical attitude toward humanity.

A darkly funny, very human comedy.

Bighearted audience pleaser.

Elling believes so fervently in humanity that it feels almost anachronistic, and it is too cute by half. But arriving at a particularly dark moment in history, it offers flickering reminders of the ties that bind us.

A gentle comedy, brimming with hope and faith in human resilience.