Movie Info
An achingly beautiful film, Aberdeen has an outrageously sentimental premise: Kaisa (Lena Headey) is asked by her fatally ill mother (Charlotte...(read more...)
Rampling) to bring her estranged father Tomas (Stellan Skarsgård,) to visit before her mother dies. Kaisa finds Tomas--a jobless drunk--at his home in Norway, and basically drags him on a road trip back to Scotland, over the course of which they're forced to grapple with their past. This could be a recipe for maudlin sap, but instead--thanks to sharp incisive writing, unexpected characters, and performances that encompass humor, brutally honest self-destructive behavior, and subtle gentleness--Aberdeen is bracing, constantly surprising, and deeply engaging. The entire cast (including the always solid Ian Hart, of Backbeat and Hollow Reed) is incredibly good. Highly recommended. --Bret Fetzer
Director:
Hans Petter Moland
MPAA: Unrated
Running Time: 103 min.
Release Date: Oct 01, 2000
Cast:
Charlotte Rampling,
Ian Hart,
Jean Anderson,
Lena Headey,
Louise Goodall,
Stellan Skarsg?rd,
Stellan Skarsgård