Remember loving this plus Abril is a mf milf.

Scarcely a moment of Baltasar Kormakur's 101 Reykjavik appears untouched by ineptitude, shallowness and derivation. Remarkably sure of itself for a film (and, apparently, a comedy) so tactless and style-deprived, the picture suffers tremendously when compared to Gregg Araki's more recent Kaboom -- a superior satire of exuberance and vivacity.

The main character is a massive prick, sure, but it's got a breezy pace and doesn't take itself too seriously, so it's surprisingly enjoyable.

Weird enough to be interesting.

It's a comedy, but one that aims for a 90-minute smirk rather than a set-em-up-and-knock-em-down series of laughs. Although at times it veers dangerously towards wacky sex farce terrain, it manages to keep its composure and heart. Stylistically a mess, as the director tries to pay visual homage to every American and European film he's ever seen, but Icelanders come off as a culturally insecure people so that seems to fit. In a word? "Cute."

"Fuelled with enough sex, drug use and offbeat humour to make you immediately book a flight to Iceland, this initially chilly comedy soon warms up to pleasing effect."

Charmingly blase about its characters' sexual misadventures, however it seems to be constructed from a series of random wacky scenes, and in the end the zaniness becomes wearing.

Strange, but entertaining.

As wry and cynical as its central character, this film's other characters therefore wear their personalities and problems like costumes. I laughed a few times, though.

Mixing genders. I like that. The flick is funny and adventurously exotic Islandic story of a man who does not want to grow up. Lola is so vital for the whole story that the movie could be called simply as Lola. Lots of extra points to Abril and specially the numberous variations of the Lola song. After breaking point director looses his touch and the end is pretty lame. But still after the movie you can hum catchy Lola in your mind.

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One way of looking at it is as a great advertisement of Iceland.