Evil
It's time to take a stand.
It's time to take a stand.
Drama
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2003
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Stockholm, in the 1950s. Erik is expelled from the local school for getting into one brawl too many. To protect Erik from his violent stepfather’s reaction to his expulsion, Erik's mother arranges for Erik to spend a year at Stjärnsberg Boarding School, the only school willing to accept him. This is Erik's last chance to graduate to Upper School and he promises his mother, for his and her sake, to do all he can to stay out of trouble.
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Runtime:
113 min
Release date:
16 Sep 2003
Country:
SE, DK
Languages:
Swedish
Budget:
$3,000,000
Revenue:
$12,469,000
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 9 wins & 10 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Extremely watchable, even if it never goes as deep as it should.
– Ty Burr,
Boston Globe,
5 May 2006
rotten:
Hafstrom's dramatic sense is ... pedestrian and snail's-pace obvious.
– Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr 2006
fresh:
Movies like Evil entertain us by serving sweet revenge on a platter, and director Mikael Hafstrom manipulates emotions more intelligently than most.
– Jeff Shannon,
Seattle Times,
31 Mar 2006
fresh:
Wilson, who plays Erik, had never been in a film before Evil -- which was nominated for a best foreign-language Oscar in 2004 -- and there's no reason that he can't make many more of them.
– John McMurtrie,
San Francisco Chronicle,
31 Mar 2006
fresh:
A commentary on the troubling gray area between acceptable and unacceptable forms of violence, especially where the molding of boys into 'real men' is concerned.
– Tim Grierson,
L.A. Weekly,
30 Mar 2006