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SEVERED WAYS: THE NORSE DISCOVERY OF AMERICAMovie Reviews
Period adventure about 11th century Vikings, Indians, and Irish monks colliding on the shores of North America and doing battle for personal glory and religious dominance. Cast:Fiore Tedesco, Tony Stone, David Perry, Noelle Bailey, Gaby HoffmannDirector:Tony StoneRelease Date:March 13, 2009DVD Release:July 28, 2009From:Magnet ReleasingLength:1 hr 47 min
JULY 28, 2009
Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America, Mixed Reviews Limited
Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America played in limited release to mixed reviews. • Ron Stringer wrote in LA Weekly, "Sparks fly, swords flash, and, for one hushed moment, the giggling subsides. A must-see." • And Manohla Dargis wrote in the New York Times, "If nothing else, Mr. Stone, from his tangled hair to dirty feet, has taken himself and his story into the beyond — way, way beyond." More Reviews Below...
Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America Positive Reviews (11 Reviews, reviews below)
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (7 Reviews)
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "If nothing else, Mr. Stone, from his tangled hair to dirty feet, has taken himself and his story into the beyond -- way, way beyond."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 840 words, 03/13/09
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: WEAK(cg) "If nothing else, Stone gets credit for trying something different. But now that he has planted his flag on this particular plot of land, no one else ever need bother."(See all of Elizabeth Weitzman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 135 words, 03/13/09
Bill Stamets, Chicago Sun-Times: VERY GOOD(cg) "Writer-director Tony Stone is visually adventurous, as he zips between uncut wide vistas and kinetic closeups. His musical choices are equally novel."(See all of Bill Stamets's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 271 words, 12/11/09
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: FAIR "...admirable and persuasive... unfortunately marred by Tony Stone's self-defeating resort to flurries of claustrophobic, fragmented hand-held shots that obfuscate..."(See all of Kevin Thomas's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 265 words, 07/17/09
V.A. Musetto, New York Post: VERY GOOD(cg) "...one of the oddest movies I've seen in a while - and that's a good thing. Moviegoers used to Hollywood cookie-cutter fare are going to hate the film..."(See all of V.A. Musetto's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 179 words, 03/13/09
Nicolas Rapold, Village Voice: POOR "Orn -- played, by the way, by writer/director Tony Stone himself -- is slipped a berry roofie by a babelicious Greenlander and ridden to Thorgasm... obscene."(See all of Nicolas Rapold's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 207 words, 03/11/09
Ron Stringer, LA Weekly: OUTSTANDING "Werner Herzog meets Monty Python... dreamy, deadpan... Sparks fly, swords flash, and, for one hushed moment, the giggling subsides. A must-see."(See all of Ron Stringer's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 143 words, 07/16/09
KEY CITIES (1 Review)
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: VERY GOOD(cg) "Stone's movie is long, immersive, textural, ambient, and, in its enjoyably ridiculous way, not kidding. I can't wait to see what he'd do with the Pilgrims."(See all of Wesley Morris's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 551 words, 11/06/09
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (4 Reviews)
Jeffrey Gantz, Boston Phoenix: MODERATE(cg) "...set in the simpler (?) time of 1007 AD, and it's more or less what you'd have if Ingmar Bergman had shot 'The Blair Witch Project' back then."(See all of Jeffrey Gantz's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 196 words, 11/05/09
Nicolas Rapold, Village Voice: POOR "Orn -- played, by the way, by writer/director Tony Stone himself -- is slipped a berry roofie by a babelicious Greenlander and ridden to Thorgasm... obscene."(See all of Nicolas Rapold's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 207 words, 03/11/09
Ron Stringer, LA Weekly: OUTSTANDING "Werner Herzog meets Monty Python... dreamy, deadpan... Sparks fly, swords flash, and, for one hushed moment, the giggling subsides. A must-see."(See all of Ron Stringer's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 143 words, 07/16/09
HIGHBROW PRESS (2 Reviews)
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "If nothing else, Mr. Stone, from his tangled hair to dirty feet, has taken himself and his story into the beyond -- way, way beyond."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 840 words, 03/13/09
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: FAIR "...admirable and persuasive... unfortunately marred by Tony Stone's self-defeating resort to flurries of claustrophobic, fragmented hand-held shots that obfuscate..."(See all of Kevin Thomas's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 265 words, 07/17/09
MOVIE INDUSTRY (3 Reviews)
Peter Debruge, Daily Variety: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...a striking and virtually wordless story of two Vikings separated from their tribe... If only Stone's elliptical storytelling style were as lucid as his eye for the environment."(See all of Peter Debruge's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 719 words, 06/25/07
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: FAIR "...admirable and persuasive... unfortunately marred by Tony Stone's self-defeating resort to flurries of claustrophobic, fragmented hand-held shots that obfuscate..."(See all of Kevin Thomas's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 265 words, 07/17/09
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "If nothing else, Mr. Stone, from his tangled hair to dirty feet, has taken himself and his story into the beyond -- way, way beyond."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 840 words, 03/13/09
31.5 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America's reviews are separated by an average 31.5 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
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Coverage:Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America's reviews cover 15.2% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 3,713 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 338 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America Coverage, Volume & Length (11 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 63 Days After Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America's reviews on average broke 63 days after opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America (11 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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