22 July (2018)
In Norway on 22 July 2011, right-wing terrorist Anders Behring Breivik murdered 77 young people attending a Labour Party Youth Camp on Utøya Island outside of Oslo. A three-part story. About the survivors of the attacks, the political leadership of Norway, and the lawyers involved. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Paul Greengrass
Written By: Paul Greengrass
Starring: Jon Øigarden, Anders Danielsen Lie, Thorbjørn Harr, Jonas Strand Gravli, Seda Witt, Hang Tran
Genres: Drama, Suspense/Thriller, Biography
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22 July belongs to 13 collections
1. Based on true events (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 12 stars)
2. Terrorism (collaborative: moderated by doganay - 5 stars)
3. True crime (collaborative: moderated by djross - 11 stars)
4. Right-wing politics (collaborative: moderated by djross - 3 stars)
5. 4: Interesting (public: KasperL - 2 stars)
6. Films available in HD (supplement) (collaborative: moderated by Jorg - 1 star)
7. Curzon Ripon (public: mandy)
8. Netflix Original Movies (collaborative: moderated by NhanLa - 4 stars)
9. Festival: TIFF 2018 (public: KasperL)
10. Netflix UK (public: donkeyjelly)
11. British director (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 1 star)
12. 75th Venice International Film Festival (2018) ~p~ (collaborative: moderated by 5Z5qjRCfM2)
13. Djross Netflix feature films I have seen (public: djross)
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djross | 30 12th |
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It seems the filmmakers were so concerned about putting a foot wrong that they ended up totally paralysed. Contains no insights and has nothing to say other than telemovie-level clichés about rehab, trauma, family and the like, completely avoiding any step into the darkness. And so, despite or because of its "good intentions", it ends up artistically sterile and politically meaningless. Totally reliant on shaky-cam to cover this suffocating and tedious emptiness with a veneer of pseudo-reality.
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DavidBlast | 45 36th |
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When nothing new about the Utøya attack is uncovered, and no protagonist victim is needed to figure, that executing teenagers with automatic weapons is a bad thing, '22 July' leaves the uncomfortable question, of why the world needed a fictionalized account of this terrible event at all.
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Vandelay1 | 53 55th |
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okay movie
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| 1 | PUNQ | 30 34th |
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The film starts effective with the gruesome attacks, but once he gets arrested it's all downhill. As a Norwegian reliving those moment I saw on TV, the gradual understanding of this killer, the trial and his pathetic aftermath, this does little in bringing those nasty feelings back. Paul Greengrass brings a cold film and seems to be almost without understanding for the emotions this incident caused. Cardboard characters talking in cringe-worthy Norwegian-English.
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backwardsuit | 64 31st |
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Interesting how docudrama format can cut to the heart of a subject through sheer visceral power. Greengrass has certainly mastered that & the opening tragedy is a truly devastating watch. Moving to its aftermath the structure starts to work against itself. Very concerned with doing justice to the victims, avoiding exploitation & finding an uplifting angle (all necessary for such a fresh trauma) but feels contrived in a way that keeps it from commiting to the complexities it intuitively sets up.
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| 1 | Nackerman | 80 79th |
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Avoids the worst cliches that often plague this kind of a movie. Let's the viewer make up his mind. Technically well put-together, too.
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| Average Percentile 43.33% from 283 Ratings |  |