Rotten Tomatoes
Submit search Movies Tv shows RT App News Showtimes

Munch

Play trailer Poster for Munch 2023 1h 44m Biography Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
Tomatometer 4 Reviews 80% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
Henrik M. Dahlsbakken's Munch brings to the big screen the life story of one of the world's most significant modern painters, Edvard Munch. Misunderstood by his peers, rejected by the art establishment, wracked with grief over the loss of his younger sister and tortured by addiction, the film portrays Munch's life, painting an intimate and nuanced picture of the artist and his work across four chapters. Munch is played by four actors, Alfred Ekker Strande ("Ida Takes Charge"), Mattis Herman Nyquist ("Headhunters"), Ola G. Furuseth ("Made in Oslo") and Anne Krigsvoll ("Lilyhammer"). They play Munch aged 21, 30, 45, and 80 respectively. Four writers each took on a chapter to accentuate the changing periods in Munch's life. Three of the chapters are set in Norway, and the remaining chapter takes place in modern-day Berlin, bringing a contemporary edge to the story of an artist who remains relevant and revered worldwide.
Watch on Fandango at Home Stream Now

Where to Watch

Munch

Critics Reviews

View More
Nadine Whitney The Curb 09/06/2023
Dahlsbakken has taken a risk with Munch and that is admirable in itself; the fact that the risk doesn’t pay off is disappointing but an interesting failure can often by more rewarding than a mediocre success. Go to Full Review Michael Talbot-Haynes Film Threat 08/22/2023
8/10
In the end, the flashes of weirdness anchor the creative insights from Munch in your memory. Go to Full Review Carlos Esquives Cinencuentro 01/30/2023
This biography requires empathy towards its subject, his dramas, behaviors, and shortcomings. Thus, through this panorama, we're introduced to Munch's art, albeit always from a theoretical perspective... [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Neil Young Screen International 01/25/2023
Unusual in structure if disappointingly conventional in content. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
Munch

My Rating

Read More Read Less WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW POST RATING

Cast & Crew

View All

Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken

Director

Alfred Ekker Strande

Edvard Munch (21)

Mattis Herman Nyquist

Edvard Munch (30)

Ola G. Furuseth

Edvard Munch (45)

Anne Krigsvoll

Edvard Munch (80)

Jesper Christensen

Dr. Daniel Jacobson
View All

Munch

View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis Henrik M. Dahlsbakken's Munch brings to the big screen the life story of one of the world's most significant modern painters, Edvard Munch. Misunderstood by his peers, rejected by the art establishment, wracked with grief over the loss of his younger sister and tortured by addiction, the film portrays Munch's life, painting an intimate and nuanced picture of the artist and his work across four chapters. Munch is played by four actors, Alfred Ekker Strande ("Ida Takes Charge"), Mattis Herman Nyquist ("Headhunters"), Ola G. Furuseth ("Made in Oslo") and Anne Krigsvoll ("Lilyhammer"). They play Munch aged 21, 30, 45, and 80 respectively. Four writers each took on a chapter to accentuate the changing periods in Munch's life. Three of the chapters are set in Norway, and the remaining chapter takes place in modern-day Berlin, bringing a contemporary edge to the story of an artist who remains relevant and revered worldwide.
Director
Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken
Producer
Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken
Screenwriter
Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken, Fredrik Høyer, Mattis Herman Nyquist, Gine Cornelia Pedersen, Eivind Sæther, Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken, Fredrik Høyer, Mattis Herman Nyquist, Gine Cornelia Pedersen, Eivind Sæther
Production Co
The Film Company
Genre
Biography, Drama
Original Language
Norwegian
Runtime
1h 44m