Sentimental Value

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Sentimental Value

In Theaters Fri Nov 7

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Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star. Suddenly, the two sisters must navigate their complicated relationship with their father -- and deal with an American star dropped right into the middle of their complex family dynamics.

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Deftly exploring the uneasy tension between artistic expression and personal connection, Sentimental Value is a bracingly mature work from writer-director Joachim Trier that's marvelously acted across the board.

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Stellan Skarsgård

Gustav

Elle Fanning

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Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas

Agnes

Lena Endre

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Thelma Adams

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Sentimental Value gives the audience a sense that they’ve lived an entire life in the span of a single movie.

Rated: 5/5

Sep 16, 2025

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Kyle Smith

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Though the movie’s meta-fictional aspects are a bit trite, its emotional core is solid.

Sep 11, 2025

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Brian Tallerico

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It’s a movie that sneaks up on you like great fiction, blending theme and character in a way that allows it to live in your mind after you see it, rolling around what it means to both the people in it and your own life.

Rated: 4/4

Sep 6, 2025

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Matthew St. Clair

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While Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, and also Elle Fanning in her limited role do amazing work, it’s newcomer Inga Obsdotter Lilleaas who walks away with the entire film.

Rated: B+

Sep 30, 2025

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Walter Chaw

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Every performance in Sentimental Value is invisible and precious: the embodiment of a fully-formed human being in all their contradictions and ineffable subtlety.

Rated: 4/4

Sep 15, 2025

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Alfred Castaneda

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This is auteur cinema on a grand scale, an emotional roller coaster that deftly goes from heavy grief to levity in a single scene.

Sep 13, 2025

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Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star. Suddenly, the two sisters must navigate their complicated relationship with their father -- and deal with an American star dropped right into the middle of their complex family dynamics.

Director: Joachim Trier
Producer: Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Maria Ekerhovd
Screenwriter: Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt
Distributor: NEON
Production Co: Mer Film
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Norwegian
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 7, 2025, Limited
Runtime: 2h 0m