This engaging second feature from "Bandidas" duo Espen Sandberg and Joachim Roenning combines artistic ambition and commercial appeal with a well-paced action-adventure approach.
Max Manus: Man of War(Max Manus)
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Norway, Denmark, Germany · 2008
1h 58m
Director Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg
Starring Aksel Hennie, Agnes Kittelsen, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Christian Rubeck
Genre Drama, History, War
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Max Manus is a biographical war film on the life of Max Manus, the leader of the Norwegian resistance, from the beginning of World War II until the summer of 1945. During this period, Max became one of the most important members of the resistance against Germany.
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The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis
Buffed to an expensive-looking gloss and dressed in period-perfect finery, Max Manus has an old-fashioned sincerity that entertains without engaging.
This rousing, fact-based Norwegian movie covers an unusual subject -- the resistance movement in that country during World War II, whose best-known depiction came in "Edge of Darkness," a 1943 Hollywood adventure movie starring Errol Flynn as a stalwart fisherman outwitting the Nazi occupiers.
Village Voice by Nick Pinkerton
An epic by Scandinavian standards, Manus's period re-creation is lavish-but the too-polished rental décor doesn't create a living past.
Despite the subtitles, it's basically a slice of formulaic Hollywood-style mythmaking, writ large and woefully empty.
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Stephen Cole
Max Manus (the title role is played by Aksel Hennie) feels so familiar that audiences watching it are likely to experience a numbing sense of déjà vu. Nothing seems particularly fresh or involving.
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