‘Masterpiece’ movie has near-perfect 97% ranking on Rotten Tomatoes | Films | Entertainment | EUROtoday
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A brand new drama movie that arrived in cinemas on Boxing Day is being hailed by the critics. Sentimental Value is a poignant exploration of household, reminiscences, and the reconciliatory energy of artwork.
The movie stars BAFTA-nominee Renate Reinsve (The Worst Person within the World, A Different Man), BAFTA and Golden Globe-nominee Stellan Skarsgård (Dune: Part One & Two, Hope), Golden Globe and EMMY-nominee Elle Fanning (A Complete Unknown, All The Bright Places), breakout star Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (A Beautiful Life, In Oversized Men’s Shirts), and Anders Danielsen Lie (The Worst Person within the World, Personal Shopper). The movie is directed and co-written by Joachim Trier, and longtime collaborator and Oscar nominee Eskil Vogt (The Innocents, The Worst Person within the World).
The movie’s plot reads: “Reinsve plays Nora, a successful stage actress who, along with her sister Agnes (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas), reunites with their estranged father Gustav Borg (Skarsgård) – a once-renowned film director planning a major comeback with a script based on his family. When Gustav offers Nora the lead role, which she promptly declines, he turns his attention to Rachel Kemp (Fanning), an eager young Hollywood starlet primed for her big breakthrough. With their fraught dynamics made even more complex, Nora, Agnes and Gustav are each forced to confront their difficult pasts.”
Following Trier’s tender, sharply humorous and critically acclaimed The Worst Person within the World, which earned Renate Reinsve the Best Actress Award at Cannes in 2021, Sentimental Value acquired its World Premiere within the Main Competition on the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. The movie acquired widespread acclaim and was awarded the Grand Prix, cementing Trier’s repute as one in every of modern cinema’s most distinctive voices. Sentimental Value acquired its UK premiere eventually month’s BFI London Film Festival.
The Daily Telegraph awarded the movie 5 stars and stated: “A tremendous follow-up to Trier’s 2021 international breakthrough hit The Worst Person in the World.”
“A masterpiece… Everything contemporary cinema ought to be,” added British Vogue.
Elle said: “A heart-swelling and unexpectedly humour-filled tale that will break you before it makes you whole again.”
Rolling Stone said the movie was “probably the greatest movies of 2025”.
Sentimental Value is now exhibiting in UK cinemas.
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