Hlynur is a twenty-five-year-old man who has issues coming to terms with adulthood and has difficulty corralling his sexual impulses. When he winds up having sex with what turns out to be his mother's lesbian partner, things get complicated. The premise of 101 Reykjavik is interesting and promising, but the film unfortunately falls flat due to a weak script. The dialogue is trite and juvenile, resulting in raised eyebrows and excessive wincing instead of the intended laughs. The script also succumbs to a surplus of scenes that seem to have no clear purpose, unusual for a film that is barely eighty minutes long. For example, in one scene, a group of children target a pizza delivery man with fireworks. It doesn't create laughs, advance the story, or develop character – it is simply pointless. Victoria Abril is charming as Lola, the lesbian lover, and the locales are periodically captivating, but the film, on the whole, is a frustrating exercise in what could have been.

An Icelandic nihilist meets a bubby and sexual Spaniard: funny stuff happens. Amusing, entertaining and pop. I liked it

Decent little Icelandic comedy-drama. I did not find the main character terribly likable, though. He mostly seemed whiny to me and unsympathetic, but neither was he an object of scorn. Mark this one down as "OK, though it didn't quite work for me"

Not the worst film I've ever seen, but it gets impressively close. A film that would be completely dismissed if it had been made in the states or in the UK gets special attention and critical love simply because it depicts a city and culture not many people are familiar with. I felt like I was watching the Nordic equivalent of those junky truck stop DVD movies.

Our Daily Free Stream: 101 Reykjavik (engl. subt. + germ. subt.) Baltasar Kormakur hat sich spätestens mit Everest zu einem Genre-Profi entwickelt. Sein Debüt (auch weils um Weihnachten herum spielt) gibts heute als Stream. Eine nordische Slacker-Komödie mit spanischem Einschlag! Hlynur ist 28 Jahre alt und wohnt bei seiner Mutter. Er plant, nach seiner Arbeitslosenversicherung gleich in Rente zu gehen. Die Grenzen von Reykjavik hat er noch nie verlassen und auch sonst interessiert ihn nicht viel. Er schläft bis mittags, schaut sich Fitness-Videos als Pornos an und manchmal trifft er sich mit seiner Freundin. Zum Schlafen aber, fährt er allein nach Hause. Teilnahmslos nimmt er auch die Ankündigung der Mutter entgegen, dass ihre Freundin Lola (Victoria Abril) über Weihnachten zu Besuch kommt. Wider erwarten erregt ihn der Anblick der schönen Spanierin, die ihn zuschauen lässt, während sie duscht. Die Mutter aber eröffnet Hlynur, dass sie herausgefunden habe, lesbisch zu sein und fortan mit Lola zusammen leben wird... Das Debüt des Isländers Baltasar Kormákur bezeichnet im Titel die Postleitzahl von Reykjavik. Der Film ist eine zynische Komödie, deren Kern tragisch ist, was aber kaum auffällt aufgrund der vielen skurrilen Einfälle. Einer der Running Gags ist Hlynurs Nachbar, der ihn permanent mit dem Fernglas beobachtet. Leidenschaft weit unter Null Grad - manchmal fühlt man sich wie in einer spanischen Komödie der 80er, nur ist das Tempo bedächtiger. In Kormákurs Sex-Farce ist der Mensch jedenfalls auch jeder Zeit zu einem Coming Out bereit - letztlich aber verfällt der Held aber wieder in seinen Winterschlaf buchstäblich unter einer Schneedecke. mehr auf cinegeek.de http://cinegeek.de/101-reykjavik-dvd1933

Dark comedy. Very dark comedy. :)

a nice little comedy coming for the cold land. It's really well done, darkly funny & the cast is awesome. great little movie.

Something of an Icelandic equivalent to 'Human Traffic', the party scenes work fairly well but once the story moves from there it really loses its way. Not convincingly written enough to carry the topics it is attempting to broach.

An amusing comedy about complicated relationships. Highly recommended for a spot of psychoanalysis.

was a good wee film. had a bit of a random ending though

A very bleak, funny Icelandic comedy that almost falls apart but just about manages to keep it together.

One of my favorite movies. Such a fun and crazy joy-ride. And the actors deliver phenomenal performances.

Very much crazy in a good sense, crazy as just nordic ppl can do. Love it!

A very funny, almost deadpan Icelandic/British co-production about a 30 something slacker living with his mother and an Italian female lodger who spends his days surfing for porn and having 'just one' drink at the local club every weekend. How's that for distinctiveness? Thrown into the mix is a beautifully played "coming out" that has repercussions for said slacker, Hlynur, his feelings of worth (he doesn't try to look for work or 'better himself' - what's the point?) and his general apathetic attitude. An adaptation of a cultish novel, Baltasar Kormakur has made an incredibly warm film in a freezing cold city that has sex, heart, laughs and truth. There are no giant lessons learned or hurdles leapt over, merely small realisations and acknowledgments made. There is lots to admire here; the idiosyncratic writing, the superb performances (Hilmir Snaer Gudnason is all sorts of delightful man-child geekiness - adorable and stubborn in an awkward fuzzy package), the Almodovar-esque characters and the Damon Albarn co-written soundtrack.

I really enjoyed watching this, also it's worth to mention that Damon Albarn made soundtrack. :)

the hero of this movie wants to accomplish nothing in life, and the creator of this film pretty much achieves that... if that is a comedy then why they weren't any jokes in it? Victoria Abril, who was the hottest lesbian ever as Loli in "Gazon maudit' is a huge disappointment as Lola... perhaps the english language is not for her... the only thing positive message in the movie comes from the failed suicide attempt scene... a failure uplifts your spirit ...you see life more lightly

film black comedy dari Iceland dengan karakter yg sepertinya dibikin oleh Judd Apatow. :D

Quirky movie but a good one. Think I would have enjoyed it more if the subtitles would have been matched up better to the movie. It was difficult at times to figure out who was saying what. Interesting look into Icelandic life and how they live. Catch this flick if you come across it.

Weird black comedy, like Friends from Iceland :)

Hell high! Welcome to Iceland ( beware of lesbians!)