Get the latest gossip
‘Sentimental Value’ Review: Joachim Trier’s Resonant Family Drama Treats a Beautiful Old House as the Foundation for Healing
In 'Sentimental Value,' Joachim Trier gives Renate Reinsve another meaty role opposite Stellan Skarsgård in a moving tale of two sisters.
While not as stylistically radical as Trier’s last film, “The Worst Person in the World,” this layered family-centric drama (which was also written by Eskil Vogt) shares its ability to find fresh angles on sentiments you’d think that cinema would have exhausted by now. Obviously, chief among the previous movie’s revelations was its star, Reinsve, who recalls the laid-back, lived-in and yet entirely modern allure of Diane Keaton during Woody Allen’s peak years, mixed with an unpredictability that can feel positively radiant one second and practically inconsolable the next. It also strikes a surprising tone, opening with Terry Callier’s near-mystical folk track “Dancin’ Girl,” and sticking to the nostalgic sounds of an earlier generation (while also incorporating up-to-the-minute industry details, like Netflix).
Or read this on Variety