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The Last Viking

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Ty Burr Ty Burr's Watch List (Substack) Dec 6
2.5/4
As always, Jensen and company are making a screwball comedy, with dark and violent undertones, about finding a community of exceedingly strange strangers with whom you can be as broken and deluded as you need to be. Go to Full Review
Thelma Adams AARP Movies for Grownups Sep 16
5/5
It’s a journey down a resonant rabbit hole with Mikkelsen, hilariously permed, fearlessly silly, emotionally complex and endlessly endearing. Go to Full Review
Jason Bailey RogerEbert.com Sep 15
‘The Last Viking' sports a cockeyed streak a mile wild, trafficking in the best kind of straight-faced absurdism—wry, but simultaneously genuine and sincere. Go to Full Review
James Mottram Radio Times Oct 15
4/5
Mikkelsen is glorious, but so is Kaas as a man with serious anger management problems. Somehow, despite the bloodshed, this is a genuinely sweet story about sibling love. Go to Full Review
Sarah Manvel Movies We Texted About Oct 14
[Not] interested in playing safe, whether in tone, setting or message. That absolute refusal to sanitise any of the bleaker topics here makes The Last Viking a brave movie indeed. It’s just a little too raw, in every sense of the word. Go to Full Review
Louisa Moore Screen Zealots Oct 5
Dares audiences to laugh at the unlikeliest of characters, then makes them care deeply in spite of themselves. Blending dark comedy, brutal violence, and unexpected heart, it’s a wickedly entertaining ride that’s as disturbing as it is disarmingly human. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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Ivan F @Neogrey 5d While I admired hos sinister talent, I could not have stood Mads Mikkelsen, for some reason. Now this excellent movie has changed my perspective on him as an actor who is able to play virtually anything. Such a great cast and the movie is...I didn't know what to make of it, it's not really a comedy, yet it has some horror element, yet it is a thriller of sorts and also a drama. Absolutely must watch! See more P M @Paul23443 Jan 15 Probably one of anders jensen's weakest works. Those who know his other stuff will be disappointed. Really boring story. See more tm11999 M @tm11999 Jan 12 family figures out how to love one another and mads is good again. watch this it's well worth it. See more Luis P @Snaporaz Jan 6 Didn't like it at all. Badly scripted black comedy, too much random violence in useless places and not funny at all except for a few suicide attempts. Would need a ton of trigger warnings about suicide, child abuse, mental illness, mutilation and even a dog is killed. Also I suspect some jokes are lost in translation and you need to be from Denmark or Sweden to get them. See more Marco K @Marco69 Jan 3 A captivating film from start to finish. Also hilarious, but with a clear deeper meaning. An interesting denouement at the end of the film. See more Kevin L @Lakeman Dec 29 This one is some dark, twisted stuff. It's comedic, sure. But it's only sporadically a 'comedy'. Dark comedy at that. But w/ the child abuse, Freja getting bashed in the face repeatedly, and mental illness issues, any critic or other viewer calling this a 'screwball comedy' might needs psychiatric help themselves. Mikkelsen is exceptional, But Lie Kaas and the other support role players are terrific as well. And that was necessary to pull off such a challenging plot and to make several characters seem believable and not just ludicrous. I was expecting lighter fare and more laughs for the descriptions given. I like a lot of dark, disturbing comedy. And I'm not put off by crude comic content, either. But some of this material is beyond comical the way it was treated. And it was necessary to create the overall impression of how and why Anker and Manfred/John are as 'off kilter' as they are. 3.7 stars See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Director
Anders Thomas Jensen
Producer
Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Sidsel Hybschmann
Screenwriter
Anders Thomas Jensen
Production Co
Zentropa
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
Danish
Runtime
1h 50m