Aberdeen
2000 · Movie · 113 min · ★ 6.4 · 83% critics
After a desperate call from her ill mother, a hard-living London lawyer travels to Norway to bring back the alcoholic father she has avoided for years. Their difficult trip to Aberdeen becomes a tense road journey filled with old wounds, uneasy moments, and small hints of connection.
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Details
- Years
- 2000
- Release date
- 2000-09-08
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Critic score
- 83/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (39 votes)
About
You may like this if you’re drawn to bruising family dramas and uneasy road trips in the vein of Postcards from the Edge or The Daytrippers; Not for you if you want fast pacing or a comforting watch.
Pros: strong performances; raw family tension; dark, moving atmosphere | Cons: slow pacing; manipulative feel; thin story payoff
Themes
- daughter
- alcohol
- cocaine
- road trip
- lawyer
- alcoholic father
- father daughter conflict
- father daughter relationship
Awards & recognition
- European Film Award — Best Actor · 2000 · nominated
Cast & crew
Stellan Skarsgård
as Tomas
Lena Headey
as Kaisa
Charlotte Rampling
as Helen
Ian Hart
as Clive
Louise Goodall
as Sara
- JH
Jason Hetherington
as Perkins
- KE
Kate Lynn Evans
as Emily
Leo Gregory
as Young Man
Marshall Lancaster
as Moose
Sara-Marie Maltha
as Receptionist
Directed by Hans Petter Moland