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Sweet Land (2007, DVD)

Movie Description
The traumatic experiences of a woman who moved from Norway to Minnesota for a prearranged marriage in the early 1920s are the subject matter for this moving drama.

Credits
Cast:Alan C******, Alex Kingston, Elizabeth Reaser, John Heard, Lois Smith, Ned Beatty, Tim Guinee

Details
Edition:Rental Ready

Editorial Reviews
"SWEET LAND is a movie of extraordinary tenderness, in which Reaser and Guinee, using a language of looks, make you happy to think about what love once might have been. -- Grade: A
Entertainment Weekly - Owen Gleiberman (10/27/2006)

"[With a] guileless, heartfelt style....SWEET LAND celebrates a gutsy, old-fashioned sort of love, one born of backbreaking work and shared difficulties."
New York Times - Jeannette Catsoulis (10/18/2006)

"[S]exy and insightful about physical desire....[The film] will please moviegoers yearning for well told, wholesome but not necessarily prudish fare."
Box Office - John P. McCarthy (11/01/2006)

Included in Entertainment Weekly's "Top 10 Films Of The Year" -- "[T]ouching chords of collective memory about love, ancestry, and the American immigrant dream."
Entertainment Weekly - Owen Gleiberman

3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[T]his labor of love seems influenced by Terence Malick's DAYS OF HEAVEN in all the right ways."
New York Times - Mike Clark (07/20/2007)

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      Sweetland DVD
    Review created: 07/01/08
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    I still haven't recieved the product after a month. I contacted them and they said it was returned and I was suppose to get ahold of them. I have tried to get ahold of them and have not had any success.I have payed for it but have no movie. I have never had a bad experience with a e-bay sale until now. I am very disappointed that the seller is so hard to get ahold of.


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      Sweet Land
    Review created: 03/02/08
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    1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

    Not a hollywood format movie. we loved it. this movie is very believable. the story take place on the northern prarie about a hundred years ago. people live together, work together and form the kind of community that made our country great. it this contest of greed and friendship, friendship wins.


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      You better read my review
    Review created: 12/12/07
    3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

    Movie is worth watching, that is for sure-- the bathtub part could be skipped, but it really doesn't show much. I was touched by the message, but did have a hard time with the accents at times-- you have to listen pretty close. The movie really draws you in on the struggle that is going on in the movie by going back and forth through the years. Again, worth taking the time to see.


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      Sweet Land DVD
    Review created: 09/04/07
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    1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

    This love story was filmed here in Western Minnesota and gives the viewer a feel for the beautiful wide-open spaces those of us who live here enjoy! It is the tale of a German mail-order bride trying to gain acceptance in an area dominated by Scandinavians. Don't buy it if you're looking for action...but buy it if you are looking for a nice love story with a plot never before seen.


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      Sweet Land
    Review created: 08/06/07
    1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

    This was a good movie about life in a farming community in Minnesota in the days around WWI. The anti-German hysteria and how it affected a family echos what some of my family also experienced. The couple's triumph over prejudice, unfair laws and public opinion is a triumph of the power of love.


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