Post-war provincial Iceland: around 1950, Freyja, who'd been a plump teen, returns from America, a widow with a 20-inch waist, seven suitcases of dresses, and a list of who ever wronged or slighted her. She moves in with an aunt and socialist uncle: finding a new husband is high on her agenda, and she's mistrusted by Agga, a pre-teen who's our eyes and ears. The social order and Freyja are more complicated than they seem at first, and so may be her prospects. Class divisions,... (Full plot summary below)
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Post-war provincial Iceland: around 1950, Freyja, who'd been a plump teen, returns from America, a widow with a 20-inch waist, seven suitcases of dresses, and a list of who ever wronged or slighted her. She moves in with an aunt and socialist uncle: finding a new husband is high on her agenda, and she's mistrusted by Agga, a pre-teen who's our eyes and ears. The social order and Freyja are more complicated than they seem at first, and so may be her prospects. Class divisions, families ties, pride, the onset of puberty, and the power of Eros sliver the ice.
Leave your thoughts about The Seagull's Laughter.
| Las Vegas CityLifeMatt KelemenVilhjálmsdóttir is a superb femme fatale ... Freya eventually becomes a symbol of empowerment and impending change, a symbol that transcends good and evil. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertAn uncommonly engaging comedy with ripe tragic undertones. |
| Miami HeraldMarta BarberSome scenes drag, but Seagull's Laughter is still delightful. |
| OffoffoffJoshua TanzerA strange mix of sexy comedy and deadly thriller from that other frigid island in the Atlantic. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasA delicious pitch-dark Icelandic comedy centering on a femme fatale so enigmatic it brings into question just how fatale she may actually be. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekAn uncommonly engaging tale of tradition, change and growth in a strangely haunting locale...its stylishness carries the film over most of the rough spots. |
| EricDSnider.comEric D. SniderThe film captures the quaintness of provincial life with humor and drama, deftly mixing in feminism, too, in a way that is subtly funny and even a little disturbing. |
| San Francisco ChronicleRuthe SteinThe offbeat drama The Seagull's Laughter is the kind of movie I appreciate because it never announces where it's headed. |
| New York TimesDave KehrMr. Gudmundsson has created a sleek, light and entertaining work, with a few contrasting pockets of darkness and mystery. |
| L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonScenically beautiful, rhythmically uneven comedy. |
