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A Thousand Times Good Night(Tusen ganger god natt)

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Norway, Ireland, Sweden · 2013
1h 51m
Director Erik Poppe
Starring Juliette Binoche, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lauryn Canny, Adrianna Cramer Curtis
Genre Drama

On assignment while photographing a female suicide bomber in Kabul, Rebecca – one of the world’s top war photojournalists - gets badly hurt. Back home, another bomb drops as her husband and daughters give her an ultimatum: her work or her family.

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60

Empire by

A compelling, if well worn , topic — work/life balance — is brought vividly to life by a great Binoche performance.

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Village Voice by Danny King

Poppe's closeness to the material ensures a level of passion, but he still fails to create a truly specific dynamic for Rebecca and Marcus's family, settling instead for a catch-all representation of the difficulties of maintaining a healthy home life while working in a dangerous profession.

60

Time Out London by Guy Lodge

It’s as handsomely shot as any film about an ace shutterbug ought to be, and Binoche infuses familiar internal crises with palpable pain and urgency.

60

CineVue by Joe Walsh

Binoche's potent performance [cuts] to the quick of the struggle to balance a passion for work with a commitment to family.

40

The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw

Binoche's performance – tiresomely radiating a martyred integrity – is mannered and self-conscious, and her character's professional work is naively imagined.

80

Variety by Ronnie Scheib

Deftly sidestepping both melodrama and family-values messaging, Poppe imbues the film with enormous emotional resonance, brilliantly grounded by his leading lady.

60

Total Film by Simon Kinnear

Director Erik Poppe’s worthy intentions are nearly undone by an undisciplined screenplay. Still, he marshals two strong performances.