The Almost Man

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The Almost Man

Released Aug 1, 2014

1h 15m

Comedy

Drama

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Stuck in adolescence, a 35-year-old man (Henrik Rafaelsen) starts to test the patience of his pregnant girlfriend (Janne Heltberg Haarseth).

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Glenn Kenny

RogerEbert.com

My problem, finally, and this is something I rarely actually complain about, was that I didn't care.

Rated: 2/4

Aug 1, 2014

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Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

"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 31, 2014

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Alissa Simon

Variety

A slender but polished dramedy.

Jul 30, 2014

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

Lund's film is peppered with moments of simple delight.

Aug 30, 2019

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Josh Goller

Spectrum Culture

The Almost Man is only almost interesting.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jul 18, 2019

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

An engaging character study that effectively skirts the fine line between comedy and tragedy, but the ending feels rather glib.

Rated: 7.0/10

Aug 1, 2014

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Grow up Henrik. Same goes for everything about this film. Had a very adolescent feeling in it's writing and directing. But it certainly had some funny moments that I appreciated. And the relationship between Henrik and his wife was rather touching.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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A film with some potential and it varies from pretty good to pretty bad. It's mostly funny, but I see it as a drama. The couple we meet here have some humor together that is pretty unique and creates a somewhat great chemistry, but there is some darker undertones here. After a while the entire movie often gives me an unpleasant feeling. I'm not sure if it is a good feature or not, but something gets me. For me, in my age, it feels relateable - a quite sad thing at times. Some memorable stuff, mostly flatened stuff that will go by easily. Darn stupid actions from the lead guy kills it a bit and he is in general a very unsympathic and awkward dude it seems. That's not fitting here. 5 of 10 boogers.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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sepintas mirip sama kelakuan jason segel di jeff, who lives at home.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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Ikke den helt store filmen...

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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Martin Lund

Director

Henrik Rafaelsen

Henrik

Janne Heltberg

Tone

Anne Ma Usterud

Henriks mor

Tov Sletta

Geir

Kim Eidhagen

Fredrik

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Synopsis

Stuck in adolescence, a 35-year-old man (Henrik Rafaelsen) starts to test the patience of his pregnant girlfriend (Janne Heltberg Haarseth).

Director: Martin Lund
Screenwriter: Martin Lund
Distributor: Big World Pictures
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: Norwegian
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 1, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2015
Runtime: 1h 15m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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