Film2008118 min

Max Manus: Man of War

Name: Max Manus: Man of War
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 2008
Duration: 118 min
Cast: Aksel Hennie, Agnes Kittelsen, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Christian Rubeck, Julia Bache-Wiig

Taste attributes: dramahistorywarvehiclesbiographyactionhistoricalcrimetried & testedunsavouryheavyrealisticsimplelineargrittybig & variedall consuming questcomplex relationshipfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeRealistic and weighty: a sweeping war film, gritty rather than glossy. Best if you like depth over escapism.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: gritty · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

7.0 /10

TMDB · 167 votes

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What lines up

Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined
Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate

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Synopsis

Max Manus is a Norwegian 2008 biographic war film based on the real events of the life of resistance fighter Max Manus (1914–96), after his contribution in the Winter War against the Soviet Union. The story follows Manus through the outbreak of World War II in Norway until peacetime in 1945.

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