Under the Sun Reviews
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 7, 2008
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 21, 2005
| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 10, 2003
| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 25, 2003
A very simple, very mild romance but a nice one.
| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 25, 2003
This charmingly low-key Swedish comedy is handsomely filmed and cleverly put together.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 3, 2002
Under The Sun is a decent, polished and rather coy romantic indulgence, just the kind of thing for people who like the idea of the farm but can't abide the dirt.
| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 26, 2002
Under the Sun succeeds in direct proportion to one's ability to fall in sync with its tentative pace and low-keyed mood.
| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 14, 2002
Brilliantly acted, achingly affecting and superbly photographed, Under the Sun is everything you'd want from a great love story.
Full Review | Jan 4, 2002
What's most surprising -- and enjoyable -- is Under the Sun's earnestness and simplicity.
Full Review | Nov 8, 2001
Not much happens in Under the Sun, nor does it need to.
| Oct 28, 2001
If there was a subtle, truthful way to tell the sappy story of Under the Sun, the director Colin Nutley was unable to find it.
| Oct 22, 2001
A charming, finely nuanced romance.
| Oct 19, 2001
Try to block out the heavy-handed symbolism and predictable plot, and concentrate on the wonderful Lassgrd.
Full Review | Oct 18, 2001
This movie is stately, beautiful, straightforward and ultimately heartwarming.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 12, 2001
... a sweet and touching story of first love.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 12, 2001
Makes a virtue of its own simplicity.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 11, 2001
The battle lines between tradition and trend, long-term commitment and short-term desire are drawn with great subtlety.
Full Review | Oct 11, 2001
An antidote to the chaotic world that surrounds us, a place of beauty where humanity and nature are at its most basic.
| Oct 11, 2001
This modest drama is the art-house equivalent of comfort food: satisfying in its familiarity.
Full Review | Oct 4, 2001