The Emigrants

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Junior S @RT39899143 Aug 20 In a true sense, The Emigrants is about anyone who has ever lived in America, both now and just a generation or two back. It is about immigration from a far away country, and correctly and devotedly spends much time layering the details of the routine lives of people who for the sake of their own lives depart their homeland for a better life in another far away land. There are three obvious parts to this movie: life in their homeland, the journey to the new land, and life in the new land. The Emigrants is made with such care and deep religiosity for each of these stages; it never defaults to superfluidity or succumbs to exaggeration. Beautifully acted, Liv Ullman is unsurprisingly the standout performance. The movie serves as a template for immigration, and the final shot so deeply moving that the audience cannot help but share in the satisfaction. See more Alec B @Alec97 01/10/2024 A deeply moving and intimate epic that is always honest about the characters and the time period. One of the great movies about immigrants coming to America. See more Dom @RT63119453 07/21/2023 After watching the sequel, I enjoyed this movie way less now after discovering the director's tendency to drag out plot-lines unnecessarily and stick to the same three characters/locations, sacrificing world building and the inclusion of more characters to flesh out the story. The director's experimentalism almost seemed to extenuate the movie's slow plot progression. 3/4s of the movie is literally the main characters stuck in Sweden, suffering and suffering on their poor farm, slowly discovering that they should go to America. Oh yes, here and there a kid is born, a plow breaks, a neighbor visits them, but that's really what most of the film is about. This film had a lot of potential (and might have been ahead of its time), but it's just too slow and a plot that does not deliver enough punch. I found this movie rather forgettable. See more david f @dfulmer 08/05/2022 It's a slog but this patient film about Swedish farmers, their frustrating lives, and their decision to make a trip to North America is a kind of fanfare for the common man. See more 09/28/2021 A deeply moving and intimate epic that is always honest about the characters and the time period. One of the great movies about immigrants coming to America. See more steve d @RT35616104 07/17/2020 Not interesting at any length. See more Read all reviews

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