The Northman
Filmmaker Robert Eggers follows up The Witch and The Lighthouse with this Viking revenge epic set in 10th Century Iceland, following a Nordic prince seeking justice for his murdered father. Co-written by Sjón (Lambs) and starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicole Kidman, Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Alexander Skarsgård and Björk.
2022Rating: 15, strong bloody violence, gore, sexual violence, sex, nudity137 minsUSA, UK
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The Northman | Reviews
Never less than visually incredible, Robert Eggers has smuggled a savage and downbeat saga into theatres that feels almost entirely uncompromising. If a gruelling Viking epic over two hours in length sounds appealing, this film has you covered.
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Slant Magazine
The Northman doesn’t lack for blood and guts, but it doesn’t play enough in the well of the weird.
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Entertainment Weekly
The script... serves mostly as bare scaffolding for the film's ravishing vistas and flamboyant violence...
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IndieWire
All you really need to know about The Northman — a $90 million Viking revenge saga directed by Robert Eggers — is that every single minute of it feels like a $90 million Viking revenge saga directed by Robert Eggers.
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San Francisco Chronicle
With The Northman, we encounter the brilliant execution of a fairly demented vision. To see it is to think, simultaneously, “Wow” and “What were they thinking?!”
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The Telegraph
(The Northman) comes at you with whopping set-pieces and a ragged, reckless sense of structure.
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Time Out
Make it your destiny to see this blood-soaked odyssey along the edge of the world as soon as possible.
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The Northman | News & Opinion
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Visually incredible Viking epic The Northman feels almost entirely uncompromising
The film’s attraction to the gory and grotty is downright shocking to see in a major motion picture.
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Robert Eggers’ bloody Viking epic is now playing—raise your mighty axes and pillage some tickets.
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Coming from the land of the ice and snow, we can’t wait for Robert Eggers’ historically accurate bloodbath.
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“I will avenge you, father. I will save you, mother. I will kill you, Fjölnir.” Wouldn’t wanna be Fjolnir rn…
The Northman | Release Details
The Northman is now playing in 96 cinemas in the United Kingdom. The Northman is available to stream in the United Kingdom now on Prime Video Store and Apple TV and Google Play.