You might be momentarily skeptical on rewatch that The Worst Person in the World unfolds in 12 chapters. But they fly past... with Reinsve never playing anything but an intelligent, malleable character who’s trying to be the hero of her own story.

| Jan 22, 2025

There is something contrived about the set-up of The Worst Person in the World, in its ho-hum “everyday” bait and switch, in its melodramatic plot turns that are well-disguised by the subtlety of Trier’s style and the skill of his actors.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 19, 2024

“The Worst Person in the World” is, and will go down as, one of the 2020s’ greatest films!

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 15, 2024

Lovely Norwegian film. It has been a long time since I felt so invigorated and even gratified after watching a film... [Full review in Spanish]

| Oct 3, 2023

Trier is a gifted storyteller. The Worst Person in the World shows off the filmmaker’s command of rhythm and his affinity for the perfectly placed pop song.

| Jul 28, 2023

The soul of the film is exploring how life is about figuring it out. It speaks to this idea that at some point we are all destined to blossom into these superior beings we were told we would be at a young age leading to waiting instead of living.

| Jul 26, 2023

Through Reinsve's depiction of Julie combined with a resounding script to work with, she shares with us the realization that life is fleeting, confusing, unfair and excruciating, but so incredibly beautiful.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jul 26, 2023

One of the more profound moments comes from a monologue given by someone who is facing down his own mortality.

| Jul 26, 2023

And yet, this is not the sort of film that’s laugh-out-loud, joke after joke that audiences are used to in the rom-com genre. The Worst Person in the World is much quieter in its humor, finding jokes in the absurdity of the shared human condition.

| Jul 25, 2023

The Worst Person in the World is a movie that is anti-motherhood, Julie isn’t villainized for her decision to not have children. Instead the film humanizes her.

| Jul 21, 2023

The Worst Person In The World feels revelatory for the empathy it lends to the turn of time. Trier trades ‘what’ with ‘how’: how does it feel to be turning 30? This question inform all his decisions.

| Jul 20, 2023

The Worst Person in The World is a superb film that captures the anxiety many feel in their 20s as they struggle to reach their potential while being a moving and yet somewhat uplifting tale of love and loss with electric performances

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 19, 2023

It’s impressive enough for a film to present a character that feels this authentic and fully realized. This film goes beyond that with Renate Reinsve’s Julie to give us someone who faces so many challenges that are felt by an entire generation.

| May 2, 2023

Julie is a kind of dream girl for the modern male feminist: a fantasy of liberated womanhood disguised as an exemplar of the “millennial” condition.

| Feb 17, 2023

Few films have more potently exposed the empty romance of the autonomous self, “empowered” to live free of the sacrifices requisite in things like marriage, parenthood, and rootedness.

| Jan 27, 2023

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind meets Fleabag in Norway with this smart romcom about a drifting bookshop worker (Renate Reinsve) nearing 30.

| Dec 27, 2022

The film's free spirit justifies the slightly melodramatic ending because just as its protagonist, The Worst Person in the World never takes its actions into account as it seeks freedom from social norms. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 9/10 | Dec 21, 2022

I loved The Worst Person in the World.

| Oct 4, 2022

Fluid and irresistibly of-the-moment, capturing the fullness of life in all its beauties and tragedies.

| Original Score: A | Sep 22, 2022

The Worst Person in the World stands out in the crowded coming-of-age genre thanks to a smart, sensitive script and Renate Reinsve’s poignant lead performance.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Sep 1, 2022