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O'Horten Reviews

2009

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The moment the train leaves the station without train driver Odd Horten aboard, he realizes that the path ahead is a journey without printed timetabels and well-known stations. Horten has retired, and the platform does not feel like a safe place anymore. With death as a metphor, the film draws a melancholy and humorous .. Read more

Starring	Peter Bredal, Bjørn Floberg, Nils Gaup, Peder Anders Lohne Hamer
Director	Bent Hamer
Genres	Comedy, Drama, World Cinema

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- Writer-director Bent Hamerâs Norway-set OâHorten is a preciously deadpan comedy that never lays claim to its own... read more on Time Out
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- - Keith Uhlich
  - Time Out
  - 17 Oct 2009 at 02:26
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  O'horten
  
  lovely quirkey melodramatic comedy with superb photography.......main character well named as Odd horten!!
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Logie
  - 3 reviews
  - Portstewart
  - 28 Aug 2009 at 14:24
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- - 0
  - 0
  Great story, well-filmed and acted.
  
  Lovely story about the final days at work of a retiring railway driver, a loner and singleton who has to adjust to a life away from the job and friends he has ... read more »
  
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- - severncityboy
  - 33 reviews
  - Worcester
  - 07 May 2012 at 14:38
- - 2
  - 0
  Difficult to fault
  
  A very moving, slightly quirky and fun tale with a self-effacing lead character.
  
  Not just for trainspotters, this film has a surprising depth and ... read more »
  
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- 954722
- - LehcarSnave
  - 58 reviews
  - Gerrards Cross
  - 17 Jan 2011 at 21:57
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  - 0
  unusual and quietly lovely film
  
  Style put me in mind of a Jean-Pierre Jeunet film re. observation of character quirks and colouration of sets. Beautiful acting, a quiet, wonderfully crafted ... read more »
  
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  - kent
  - 06 Jan 2011 at 10:40
- - 2
  - 0
  Embrace the change
  
  Retirement is one of those life changes that perhaps people face with equal measures of dread and desire: we dream about the freedom, the time to ourselves, the... read more »
  
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- 950261
- - JoannaC
  - 3 reviews
  - Darlington
  - 02 Jan 2011 at 10:43
- - 0
  - 0
  Great film!
  
  How to get by when things change and you have to re-shuffle your life around. A great film, engaging, sad, funny, gently paced, well worth watching.
  
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- - a customer
  - Cumbria
  - 31 Jul 2010 at 23:24
- - 2
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  Odd by name...
  
  Odd Horten is a train driver bound for retirement. When he accidentally misses his last train out, he seems to abandon all sense of his own ability to control ... read more »
  
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- - CapnPookie
  - 95 reviews
  - Upminster
  - 26 Jul 2010 at 15:35
- - 1
  - 0
  Superb Photography
  
  Nothing much happens in this film - but as it mirrors real life that's not a problem. What O'Horten does have is some of the stunning railway images ... read more »
  
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- - clocktower
  - 1 review
  - Birmingham
  - 17 Jul 2010 at 09:06
- - 2
  - 0
  gentle humour
  
  O'Horten is a man who's life has run on rails, literally and metaphorically. All that ends when he retires from his job as train driver. He finds ... read more »
  
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- 897119
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - OgyGog
  - north Wales
  - 08 Jun 2010 at 16:11
- - 1
  - 2
  Scandinavian Dullness
  
  If anyone wanted proof that life in Norway is dull, one need not look much further than this film. The film is a monontonous slice of life film where the slice ... read more »
  
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- 858615
- - sandy666
  - 91 reviews
  - Reading
  - 07 Feb 2010 at 12:37
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  O,Horten
  
  Simple charming tale, human relationships , Norwegian sub-titles , you will be astounded how much Norwegian you know.
  
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  - Stanford-le-Hope
  - 06 Dec 2009 at 16:03
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- - 10
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  O'horten
  
  lovely quirkey melodramatic comedy with superb photography.......main character well named as Odd horten!!
  
  Report this review
- 804008
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Logie
  - 3 reviews
  - Portstewart
  - 28 Aug 2009 at 14:24
- - 6
  - 0
  A gentle meander
  
  If you're being critical you could say that this film takes its time to go not very far, if anywhere. But if you're prepared for a laidback gentle ride... read more »
  
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- - TonyPP
  - 24 reviews
  - Edinburgh
  - 25 Nov 2009 at 09:15
- - 6
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  crap
  
  this was rubbish turned off after 10 mints dont bother
  
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- - redgymshoes
  - 274 reviews
  - Boldon Colliery
  - 11 Oct 2009 at 09:50
- - 3
  - 0
  Gentle, Eccentric, and Very, Very Beautiful
  
  O'Horten could not be described as a fast moving film. It contains no action sequences or explosions, no cheap laughs or car chases. The film moves so ... read more »
  
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- - Aulis
  - 12 reviews
  - Wells
  - 18 Oct 2009 at 11:36
- - 3
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  O,Horten
  
  Simple charming tale, human relationships , Norwegian sub-titles , you will be astounded how much Norwegian you know.
  
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- 837604
- - a customer
  - Stanford-le-Hope
  - 06 Dec 2009 at 16:03
- - 2
  - 0
  gentle humour
  
  O'Horten is a man who's life has run on rails, literally and metaphorically. All that ends when he retires from his job as train driver. He finds ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 897119
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - OgyGog
  - north Wales
  - 08 Jun 2010 at 16:11
- - 2
  - 0
  Odd by name...
  
  Odd Horten is a train driver bound for retirement. When he accidentally misses his last train out, he seems to abandon all sense of his own ability to control ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 908575
- - CapnPookie
  - 95 reviews
  - Upminster
  - 26 Jul 2010 at 15:35
- - 2
  - 0
  Embrace the change
  
  Retirement is one of those life changes that perhaps people face with equal measures of dread and desire: we dream about the freedom, the time to ourselves, the... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 950261
- - JoannaC
  - 3 reviews
  - Darlington
  - 02 Jan 2011 at 10:43
- - 2
  - 0
  Difficult to fault
  
  A very moving, slightly quirky and fun tale with a self-effacing lead character.
  
  Not just for trainspotters, this film has a surprising depth and ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 954722
- - LehcarSnave
  - 58 reviews
  - Gerrards Cross
  - 17 Jan 2011 at 21:57
- - 2
  - 1
  Odd is not the word!
  
  This sort of film should have been right up my street - something foreign and quirky that concentrates on a good story line and interesting characters rather ... read more »
  
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- 828975
- - a customer
  - Newbury
  - 08 Nov 2009 at 10:50

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  The moment the train leaves the station without train driver Odd Horten aboard, he realizes that the path ahead is a journey without printed timetabels and well-known stations. Horten has retired, and the platform does not feel like a safe place anymore.
  
  With death as a metphor, the film ...