SummaryHenrik is 35, but he still parties with his high-school buddies like he is in his 20s. His mother cares for him like he's still a child, and he's in a relationship that's based on goofing around. Now, his girlfriend Tone is pregnant and Henrik has taken a serious job, moved into a prefab duplex, and he’s trying to calm down the partying and start... Read More
Directed By:Martin Lund
Written By:Martin Lund
The Almost Man
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Jul 31, 2014
70
The Almost Man may be slight, but how many films can pack equal amounts of emotional nuance and inappropriately sprayed urine into just 75 minutes?
Jul 30, 2014
70
As a tightly constructed look at the more serious symptoms of Peter Pan syndrome, The Almost Man mostly works. The fact that it departs from the usual vehicles for good-natured, non-threatening Vince Vaughn jackassery is refreshing, albeit in an often jarring, disturbing way.
Jul 29, 2014
70
While the movie’s theme is familiar, even a little stale, the vivid details help to freshen the story, and the actors sock the movie home.
Jul 30, 2014
63
The script is perspicacious in making Henrik's bad choices understandable enough emotionally, but also nudges the audience toward wishing the man would wise up.
Jul 29, 2014
60
To his credit, even as his material begins spiraling into less amusing territory, Lund alleviates the growing gloom with goofball levity.
Aug 1, 2014
50
I started longing for a relationship comedy/drama with some real bite and observation to it, and fondly remembering the 2009 German film "Everyone Else," directed by Maren Ade.
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