[Editor’s note: This list was originally published in 2017. It has since been updated many times.]
With everything going the way it is in the world right now, we’re laughing to keep less cheery emotions at bay. At least this bizarre, still-very-much-in-progress century has already produced a slew of spectacular, silly, snarky, and cynical comedies: ready to fire up whenever you need a serotonin burst or distraction thanks to the ever-growing cadre of streaming services.
The pandemic may be in the rearview for the U.S. federal government, but the specter of war, a tortured economy, and human rights issues across the globe have occupied the minds of many instead. So, in desperate need of some humor, we thought it was more important than ever to give our Greatest Comedies of the 21st Century list, originally published in 2017, yet another rethink. Since the list was originally published, we’ve expanded it to 90 entries, including titles released since then that deserved including and other titles we somehow overlooked the first time.
With everything going the way it is in the world right now, we’re laughing to keep less cheery emotions at bay. At least this bizarre, still-very-much-in-progress century has already produced a slew of spectacular, silly, snarky, and cynical comedies: ready to fire up whenever you need a serotonin burst or distraction thanks to the ever-growing cadre of streaming services.
The pandemic may be in the rearview for the U.S. federal government, but the specter of war, a tortured economy, and human rights issues across the globe have occupied the minds of many instead. So, in desperate need of some humor, we thought it was more important than ever to give our Greatest Comedies of the 21st Century list, originally published in 2017, yet another rethink. Since the list was originally published, we’ve expanded it to 90 entries, including titles released since then that deserved including and other titles we somehow overlooked the first time.
- 3/26/2024
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
A strong lead performance can’t save this unsubtle Norwegian film about a woman who goes too far in chasing social media clout
Kristoffer Borgli’s body-horror satire has had some enthusiastic reviews since it premiered at Cannes last year; I found the Norwegian film unsubtle and unrewarding, exhaustingly implausible on a basic realist level, and containing a jarring obviousness which makes its supposed commentary on society and celebrity all but valueless.
It does, however, have a strong lead performance from Kristine Kujath Thorp, who plays Signe, a young woman in Oslo who is in an uneasy relationship with Thomas (Eirik Sæther), an insufferably conceited conceptual artist creating sculptures from stolen office furniture. In her peevish and snippy way, Signe is toxically jealous of Thomas’s status and prestige; she resents her own subordinate position in their friend group as his girlfriend and her humiliatingly lowly job as a coffee shop barista.
Kristoffer Borgli’s body-horror satire has had some enthusiastic reviews since it premiered at Cannes last year; I found the Norwegian film unsubtle and unrewarding, exhaustingly implausible on a basic realist level, and containing a jarring obviousness which makes its supposed commentary on society and celebrity all but valueless.
It does, however, have a strong lead performance from Kristine Kujath Thorp, who plays Signe, a young woman in Oslo who is in an uneasy relationship with Thomas (Eirik Sæther), an insufferably conceited conceptual artist creating sculptures from stolen office furniture. In her peevish and snippy way, Signe is toxically jealous of Thomas’s status and prestige; she resents her own subordinate position in their friend group as his girlfriend and her humiliatingly lowly job as a coffee shop barista.
- 4/18/2023
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
If Lars von Trier hadn’t grown top-heavy with the mythology of his self-importance, he might have tossed off a movie like “Sick of Myself” — a social satire in the form of a queasy drama of body horror, and a movie whose disturbing bad-boy tastelessness recalls Von Trier’s “The Idiots,” with a touch of David Cronenberg. This is the second feature by Kristoffer Borgli, the Norwegian writer-director whose first film, “Drib” (2017), was a send-up of the marketing industry, and in a way the new movie is about marketing too. This one, though, takes a viscerally upsetting look at just how far an individual will go to gain attention in the new era of social-media addiction.
The movie, which premiered at Cannes last year, arrives from the same production team that backed “The Worst Person in the World,” and part of the offbeat way the film gets its hooks in...
The movie, which premiered at Cannes last year, arrives from the same production team that backed “The Worst Person in the World,” and part of the offbeat way the film gets its hooks in...
- 4/15/2023
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Ari Aster, the horror maestro behind Hereditary and Midsommar, is out with Beau Is Afraid on four screens as A24 presents the film in LA (AMC Century City and Burbank) and New York, in Imax on both coasts, followed next week by a regional Imax expansion and into to a wider national rollout April 21.
The film is getting some love from Martin Scorsese, who will join Aster in conversation Monday night after an Imax showing in NYC. Opening weekend will feature Q&As with Aster and cast, which includes Nathan Lane, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Patti LuPone, Amy Ryan and Parker Posey.
The director has a dedicated fan base, and that’s invaluable in looking to break out with the specialty market still tentative compared with the Super Mario Bros-sized rebound of the broader box office. Presales indicate a strong debut.
Deadline’s review calls...
The film is getting some love from Martin Scorsese, who will join Aster in conversation Monday night after an Imax showing in NYC. Opening weekend will feature Q&As with Aster and cast, which includes Nathan Lane, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Patti LuPone, Amy Ryan and Parker Posey.
The director has a dedicated fan base, and that’s invaluable in looking to break out with the specialty market still tentative compared with the Super Mario Bros-sized rebound of the broader box office. Presales indicate a strong debut.
Deadline’s review calls...
- 4/14/2023
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
Editors note: This review was originally published May 22 after its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. The film opened in New York on Wednesday and today in Los Angeles.
Timing can be cruel. Norwegian director Kristoffer Borgli’s second feature, Sick of Myself, has the misfortune to arrive in the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard section in the slipstream of Ruben Östlund’s divisive but funny competition title Triangle of Sadness; the latter being a broader, sillier but much more brutal dissection of class and culture. Sick of Myself also has to compete with the unexpected longevity of fellow countryman Joachim Trier’s hit The Worst Person In The World, which last year went from the Cannes competition all the way to the Oscars.
The net result is that despite another great, gutsy central performance from Ninjababy star Kristine Kujath Thorp, Sick of Myself won’t get...
Timing can be cruel. Norwegian director Kristoffer Borgli’s second feature, Sick of Myself, has the misfortune to arrive in the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard section in the slipstream of Ruben Östlund’s divisive but funny competition title Triangle of Sadness; the latter being a broader, sillier but much more brutal dissection of class and culture. Sick of Myself also has to compete with the unexpected longevity of fellow countryman Joachim Trier’s hit The Worst Person In The World, which last year went from the Cannes competition all the way to the Oscars.
The net result is that despite another great, gutsy central performance from Ninjababy star Kristine Kujath Thorp, Sick of Myself won’t get...
- 4/14/2023
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
Sick of Myself, the sickly comedy from Norwegian director Kristoffer Borgli, begins with a measure of artistic innocence. Two struggling artists steal a bottle of expensive wine and tell the story to partygoers hours later. They both want the credit, to have the room’s collective eyeballs to be facing in their direction. And when one of them, Signe (Kristine Kujath Thorp), doesn’t receive any attention, her disgust is visible. Her frown worsens and she begins spouting about the necessity of narcissism, a conversation that might not seem dissimilar for anyone currently in creative fields.
As her boyfriend, Thomas (Eirik Sæther), achieves a level of success, that frown continues its perpetual downturn. Then Borgli’s initial comedy is off to the races, pivoting into something much darker, much more horrific. Signe craves approval, craves attention in such a way that feels like the worst parts of someone coming to the forefront.
As her boyfriend, Thomas (Eirik Sæther), achieves a level of success, that frown continues its perpetual downturn. Then Borgli’s initial comedy is off to the races, pivoting into something much darker, much more horrific. Signe craves approval, craves attention in such a way that feels like the worst parts of someone coming to the forefront.
- 4/14/2023
- by Michael Frank
- The Film Stage
From Sick of Myself’s opening scene depicting an awkward birthday dinner, the power dynamic between young couple Signe (Kristine Kujath Thorp) and Erik (Eirik Saether) is succinctly established. The latter is taking off with new magazine profiles and gallery attention every day through his seemingly lame, vaguely defined art. Compared to a partner able to afford (and furthermore flaunt) a $2,300 bottle of wine as a gift during this expensive restaurant dinner, Signe, finding herself still employed in a café, is deeply jealous.
As she remarks to a friend: “You need to be a narcissist to make it.” In this case not just reaffirming herself, but referencing her boyfriend’s own brand of self-obsession in the face of his newfound success. A service worker living in the shadow of her acclaimed artist partner has, of course, definite echoes of another Norwegian millennial odyssey, The World Person in the World. Sick of Myself...
As she remarks to a friend: “You need to be a narcissist to make it.” In this case not just reaffirming herself, but referencing her boyfriend’s own brand of self-obsession in the face of his newfound success. A service worker living in the shadow of her acclaimed artist partner has, of course, definite echoes of another Norwegian millennial odyssey, The World Person in the World. Sick of Myself...
- 4/12/2023
- by Ethan Vestby
- The Film Stage
The calm before summer movie season usually delivers some of the year’s most interesting movies––artistic gambles to try reaching audiences before blockbusters take over the multiplexes––and this April is no different. From some of the best films we saw on the festival circuit last year to a few promising 2023 premieres, we’ve rounded up 15 films worth seeking out in what amounts to a major month.
15. Air (Ben Affleck; April 5)
Returning to the director’s chair for the first time in seven years, following 2016’s Live by Night, Ben Affleck’s latest feature is immersed in the world of sports marketing. Air, from a Black List script by Alex Convery, follows the real-life story of Nike’s quest in signing Michael Jordan. Led by Matt Damon as Sonny Vaccaro, who would go on to sign the greatest athlete of all time, the film is a fairly rousing crowd-pleaser...
15. Air (Ben Affleck; April 5)
Returning to the director’s chair for the first time in seven years, following 2016’s Live by Night, Ben Affleck’s latest feature is immersed in the world of sports marketing. Air, from a Black List script by Alex Convery, follows the real-life story of Nike’s quest in signing Michael Jordan. Led by Matt Damon as Sonny Vaccaro, who would go on to sign the greatest athlete of all time, the film is a fairly rousing crowd-pleaser...
- 4/5/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
"You're still beautiful." Utopia has revealed an official US trailer for a funky Norwegian dark comedy called Sick of Myself, from filmmaker Kristoffer Borgli. This premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last year and also played at Fantastic Fest in the fall, as an international genre feature. Increasingly overshadowed by her boyfriend Thomas' recent rise to fame as a contemporary artist creating sculptures from stolen furniture, Signe hatches a vicious plan to reclaim her rightfully deserved attention within the milieu of Oslo's cultural elite. She creates a new persona hell-bent on attracting attention and sympathy. Reviews describe it as "the blackest of black comedies, there are moments so cringe-inducing you will curl up so far inside yourself you might implode." The film stars Kristine Kujath Thorp as Signe, Eirik Sæther as Thomas, with Fanny Vaager, Andrea Bræin Hovig, Henrik Mestad, and Anders Danielsen Lie. Don't take it so seriously, it's meant to be a brutal,...
- 2/26/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Hailing from Norway and, indeed, from the producers of the last major film from the country, The Worst Person in the World, Kristoffer Borgli’s Sick of Myself was a highlight at Cannes last summer. Picked up by Utopia, the first U.S. trailer for the black comedy has now arrived ahead of an April theatrical release.
The film follows Signe (Kristine Kujath Thorp) and Thomas (Eirik Sæther), who are in an unhealthy, competitive relationship that takes a vicious turn when Thomas suddenly breaks through as a contemporary artist. In response, Signe makes a desperate attempt to regain her status by creating a new persona hell-bent on attracting attention and sympathy.
You can also count Ari Aster, whose latest film arrives just a week after this one, as a major fan. “The work of a demonic parodist with chutzpah and judgement to spare,” he said. “As misanthropic and committed to...
The film follows Signe (Kristine Kujath Thorp) and Thomas (Eirik Sæther), who are in an unhealthy, competitive relationship that takes a vicious turn when Thomas suddenly breaks through as a contemporary artist. In response, Signe makes a desperate attempt to regain her status by creating a new persona hell-bent on attracting attention and sympathy.
You can also count Ari Aster, whose latest film arrives just a week after this one, as a major fan. “The work of a demonic parodist with chutzpah and judgement to spare,” he said. “As misanthropic and committed to...
- 2/23/2023
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Toxic relationships are terrible. There are no two ways about it. However, let’s just hope no one reading this ever experiences the toxicity seen in the new film, “Sick of Myself.”
As seen in the trailer for “Sick of Myself,” the film follows the story of a terrible relationship between Signe and Thomas. When Thomas earns a bit of fame as an artist, Signe decides to go a bit extreme to keep up, which leads to some really disastrous (and disturbing) consequences.
Read More: ‘Sick Of Myself’ Review: A Hilarious, Razor-Sharp Portrait Of The Worst Person In The World [Cannes]
The film stars Kristine Kujath Thorp, Eirik Sæther, Fanny Vaager, Sarah Francesca Brænne, Fredrik Stenberg Ditlev-Simonsen, Steinar Klouman Hallert, Andrea Bræin Hovig, Henrik Mestad, and Anders Danielsen Lie.
Continue reading ‘Sick Of Myself’ Trailer: Kristoffer Borgli’s Cannes Film About A Toxic Relationship Arrives In April at The Playlist.
As seen in the trailer for “Sick of Myself,” the film follows the story of a terrible relationship between Signe and Thomas. When Thomas earns a bit of fame as an artist, Signe decides to go a bit extreme to keep up, which leads to some really disastrous (and disturbing) consequences.
Read More: ‘Sick Of Myself’ Review: A Hilarious, Razor-Sharp Portrait Of The Worst Person In The World [Cannes]
The film stars Kristine Kujath Thorp, Eirik Sæther, Fanny Vaager, Sarah Francesca Brænne, Fredrik Stenberg Ditlev-Simonsen, Steinar Klouman Hallert, Andrea Bræin Hovig, Henrik Mestad, and Anders Danielsen Lie.
Continue reading ‘Sick Of Myself’ Trailer: Kristoffer Borgli’s Cannes Film About A Toxic Relationship Arrives In April at The Playlist.
- 2/22/2023
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
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Julianne Nicholson has joined Nicolas Cage in Kristoffer Borgli’s Dream Scenario comedy for A24 and Square Peg.
Nicholson’s latest credits include Blonde, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story and Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty. She also appeared in HBO’s Mare of Easttown, three seasons of NBC’s Law & Order: Criminal Intent and recurred on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire.
Dylan Baker, Kate Berlant, Michael Cera, Dylan Gelula and Tim Meadows also join the ensemble cast for the latest movie from the director of Sick of Myself. The nihilistic comedy bowed at the Cannes Film Festival and portrays a self-absorbed young woman, played by Kristine Kujath Thorp, making herself sick to attract attention and one-up her artist boyfriend (Eirik Saether).
Though described as a comedy, Dream Scenario has plot points that remain under wraps. Ari Aster, Lars Knudsen, Jacob Jaffke...
Julianne Nicholson has joined Nicolas Cage in Kristoffer Borgli’s Dream Scenario comedy for A24 and Square Peg.
Nicholson’s latest credits include Blonde, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story and Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty. She also appeared in HBO’s Mare of Easttown, three seasons of NBC’s Law & Order: Criminal Intent and recurred on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire.
Dylan Baker, Kate Berlant, Michael Cera, Dylan Gelula and Tim Meadows also join the ensemble cast for the latest movie from the director of Sick of Myself. The nihilistic comedy bowed at the Cannes Film Festival and portrays a self-absorbed young woman, played by Kristine Kujath Thorp, making herself sick to attract attention and one-up her artist boyfriend (Eirik Saether).
Though described as a comedy, Dream Scenario has plot points that remain under wraps. Ari Aster, Lars Knudsen, Jacob Jaffke...
- 10/25/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Filmmaker Kristoffer Borgli’s Sick of Myself shines a light on society’s social media narcissism, taking it to a whole new twisted level in this wonderful gem of a quick-witted, jet-black Norwegian comedy. It follows Borgli’s 2017 feature film Drib about an energy drink marketing ploy that goes horribly wrong.
Kristine Kujath Thorp is deliciously and appallingly manipulative and self-destructive as Signe, a bored barista and girlfriend to upcoming conceptual artist boyfriend – and furniture thief – Thomas (Eirik Sæther) who seems dimly preoccupied with his own rising star of fame in the art world they inhabit in trendy urban Norway, that he merely humours Signe’s news and views.
Desperate to exist and elicit some celebrity fame of her own, Signe greedily grabs her chance by playing the traumatised victim after a horrific attack at work. But this newfound attention and sympathy is soon overshadowed once more by Thomas, as...
Kristine Kujath Thorp is deliciously and appallingly manipulative and self-destructive as Signe, a bored barista and girlfriend to upcoming conceptual artist boyfriend – and furniture thief – Thomas (Eirik Sæther) who seems dimly preoccupied with his own rising star of fame in the art world they inhabit in trendy urban Norway, that he merely humours Signe’s news and views.
Desperate to exist and elicit some celebrity fame of her own, Signe greedily grabs her chance by playing the traumatised victim after a horrific attack at work. But this newfound attention and sympathy is soon overshadowed once more by Thomas, as...
- 10/18/2022
- by Lisa Giles-Keddie
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Sick of Myself presents a modern body horror story rooted in limitless narcissism that’s as disturbing as it is hilarious.
“I love to live.”
The body horror sub-genre has become increasingly popular, especially since greater breakthroughs in prosthetics and practical effects now allow for unprecedented spectacles. It’s easier than ever to gross out an audience with disturbing visuals, but the best body horror movies are the ones that don’t just disgust viewers, but also attempt to say something about the very human nature that’s being perverted. Kristoffer Borgli’s Sick of Myself is Norwegian body horror that sadly feels especially relevant and consumed by modern anxieties. The need for attention and external validation turns into a self-destructive examination of what it means to really live. Sick of Myself is a must-see horror film that’s like if Phantom Thread and The Fly had a narcissistic baby,...
“I love to live.”
The body horror sub-genre has become increasingly popular, especially since greater breakthroughs in prosthetics and practical effects now allow for unprecedented spectacles. It’s easier than ever to gross out an audience with disturbing visuals, but the best body horror movies are the ones that don’t just disgust viewers, but also attempt to say something about the very human nature that’s being perverted. Kristoffer Borgli’s Sick of Myself is Norwegian body horror that sadly feels especially relevant and consumed by modern anxieties. The need for attention and external validation turns into a self-destructive examination of what it means to really live. Sick of Myself is a must-see horror film that’s like if Phantom Thread and The Fly had a narcissistic baby,...
- 10/17/2022
- by Daniel Kurland
- bloody-disgusting.com
Click here to read the full article.
Utopia has acquired the North American rights to writer-director Kristoffer Borgli’s cultural satire Sick of Myself.
The nihilistic romantic comedy, which screened at Cannes as part of the Un Certain Regard section, portrays a self-absorbed young woman, played by Kristine Kujath Thorp, making herself sick to attract attention and one-up her artist boyfriend (Eirik Sæther).
Sick of Myself will next play at the 2022 edition of Fantastic Fest.
“I wrote this Norwegian script after I had just moved to the U.S., and even though it’s a story about a very specific Oslo environment, I must have been influenced by my immediate surroundings because the film seems almost more relatable for American audiences,” Borgli said in a statement.
“I’m therefore very excited to partner with Utopia for U.S. distribution, to bring the movie back to where it was written,” the director added.
Utopia has acquired the North American rights to writer-director Kristoffer Borgli’s cultural satire Sick of Myself.
The nihilistic romantic comedy, which screened at Cannes as part of the Un Certain Regard section, portrays a self-absorbed young woman, played by Kristine Kujath Thorp, making herself sick to attract attention and one-up her artist boyfriend (Eirik Sæther).
Sick of Myself will next play at the 2022 edition of Fantastic Fest.
“I wrote this Norwegian script after I had just moved to the U.S., and even though it’s a story about a very specific Oslo environment, I must have been influenced by my immediate surroundings because the film seems almost more relatable for American audiences,” Borgli said in a statement.
“I’m therefore very excited to partner with Utopia for U.S. distribution, to bring the movie back to where it was written,” the director added.
- 8/18/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In today's world, hell most certainly is other people, not for the reason of alienation, but for daring to be out of signal while everyone else is virtue signaling. Kristoffer Borgli has got his fingers on the beating pulse of the media culture of today. After pulling out his directorial scalpel for a mockumentary vivisection with his first feature Drib (2017), this time around he’s picking up the remains and showing them in full display in his first proper fictional feature. Sick Of Myself premiered earlier this year at Cannes Film Festival, grabbing a nomination in the Un Certain Regard Award section, and has, just recently, been shown at Palić Film Festival as a part of its Official Selection.
The story follows Signe (Kristine Kujath Thorp) and Thomas (Eirik Sæther), a dysfunctional couple of delusional narcissists. He is a brazen kleptomaniac, hustling his way into the art world by making.
The story follows Signe (Kristine Kujath Thorp) and Thomas (Eirik Sæther), a dysfunctional couple of delusional narcissists. He is a brazen kleptomaniac, hustling his way into the art world by making.
- 7/26/2022
- by Nikola Jovic
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Memento International is rolling off a banner Cannes, having widely sold Tarik Saleh’s “Boy From Heaven,” which competed and won best screenplay, and Kristoffer Borgli’s Un Certain Regard film “Sick of Myself.”
One of the most political films of this year’s Cannes Film Festival competition, “Boy From Heaven” sold to Latin America (Impacto), Germany and Austria (X Verleih), Switzerland (Filmcoopi), Poland (M2 Films), Israel (New Cinema), Ex-Yugoslavia (Blitz), Czech Republic, Slovakia (FilmEurope), Baltics (A-One), Romania (Bad Unicorn), Bulgaria (Beta), Portugal (Leopardo Filmes) and Turkey (Bir Films).
The movie was also acquired by U.K. distributor Picturehouse at Cannes and is being circled by several U.S. buyers.
Saleh’s follow-up to “The Nile Hilton Incident,” “Boy From Heaven” was produced by the Stockholm-based outfit Atmo and Production’s Alexandre Mallet-Guy.
A religious and political thriller, “Boy From Heaven” is set in Cairo at a Koranic school following...
One of the most political films of this year’s Cannes Film Festival competition, “Boy From Heaven” sold to Latin America (Impacto), Germany and Austria (X Verleih), Switzerland (Filmcoopi), Poland (M2 Films), Israel (New Cinema), Ex-Yugoslavia (Blitz), Czech Republic, Slovakia (FilmEurope), Baltics (A-One), Romania (Bad Unicorn), Bulgaria (Beta), Portugal (Leopardo Filmes) and Turkey (Bir Films).
The movie was also acquired by U.K. distributor Picturehouse at Cannes and is being circled by several U.S. buyers.
Saleh’s follow-up to “The Nile Hilton Incident,” “Boy From Heaven” was produced by the Stockholm-based outfit Atmo and Production’s Alexandre Mallet-Guy.
A religious and political thriller, “Boy From Heaven” is set in Cairo at a Koranic school following...
- 6/1/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
When Renate Reinsve’s wandering heroine Julie from “The Worst Person in the World” worried about just how detestable she might become, she was probably thinking about someone like Signe (Kristine Kujath Thorp) in “Sick of Myself.” Another Oslo Pictures feature, though more acerbic and uncomfortable than Joachim Trier’s beloved romantic comedy, Kristoffer Borgli’s scathing portrait of nihilistic narcissism taps into similar deadpan humor but
We begin with a shared focus on Signe and her artist boyfriend Thomas (Eirik Sæther), two equally grating people obsessed with doing bad things because they don’t know how to do anything else. It might be how they fell in love but it’ll also be how they grow to despise one another, their shared vices quickly turning into a competition: When two people are dying for attention in this way, the only possible outcome is total annihilation.
But there’s a shift.
We begin with a shared focus on Signe and her artist boyfriend Thomas (Eirik Sæther), two equally grating people obsessed with doing bad things because they don’t know how to do anything else. It might be how they fell in love but it’ll also be how they grow to despise one another, their shared vices quickly turning into a competition: When two people are dying for attention in this way, the only possible outcome is total annihilation.
But there’s a shift.
- 5/24/2022
- by Ella Kemp
- Indiewire
The first film on her new slate is Armand, the debut feature of Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel.
Norway’s Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, one of the producers of Kristoffer Borgli’s Sick Of Myself in Un Certain Regard, is leaving Oslo Pictures to concentrate on her own independent productions.
Her new outfit doesn’t yet have a name but she says, “I know which talents I want to work with and the people I want to continue relationships with on the production side and also the talent side.” She will continue to collaborate with Dyveke Bjørkly Graver, who had also been at Oslo Pictures.
Norway’s Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, one of the producers of Kristoffer Borgli’s Sick Of Myself in Un Certain Regard, is leaving Oslo Pictures to concentrate on her own independent productions.
Her new outfit doesn’t yet have a name but she says, “I know which talents I want to work with and the people I want to continue relationships with on the production side and also the talent side.” She will continue to collaborate with Dyveke Bjørkly Graver, who had also been at Oslo Pictures.
- 5/22/2022
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
Norwegian filmmaker Kristoffer Borgli, based in Los Angeles, brings dark humor – and body horror – to Cannes’ Un Certain Regard with “Sick of Myself.” The film was acquired by Memento International.
Signe and Thomas (“Ninjababy” breakout Kristine Kujath Thorp and Eirik Sæther) are an attractive young couple in Oslo. They also happen to bring out the worst in each other. When his career starts to take off, Signe tries to get some attention as well – by making herself sick.
“I definitely recognize the pettiness, the competitiveness, all of these things. I have experienced mini-versions of these arguments and these feelings,” says Borgli, also behind 2017 curio “Drib” combining fact and fiction, and an energy drink campaign.
“I wanted them to be watchable, not likeable. Also, I find it much funnier when the characters in the movie are not in on the joke. When they are stuck inside all this drama the audience...
Signe and Thomas (“Ninjababy” breakout Kristine Kujath Thorp and Eirik Sæther) are an attractive young couple in Oslo. They also happen to bring out the worst in each other. When his career starts to take off, Signe tries to get some attention as well – by making herself sick.
“I definitely recognize the pettiness, the competitiveness, all of these things. I have experienced mini-versions of these arguments and these feelings,” says Borgli, also behind 2017 curio “Drib” combining fact and fiction, and an energy drink campaign.
“I wanted them to be watchable, not likeable. Also, I find it much funnier when the characters in the movie are not in on the joke. When they are stuck inside all this drama the audience...
- 5/12/2022
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
Memento International has acquired “Sick of Myself,” a movie by L.A.-based Norwegian filmmaker Kristoffer Borgli which will world premiere at Cannes in Un Certain Regard.
Borgli previously directed the short films including “Former Cult Member Hears Music For The First Time” and “Eer” which played at Sundance.
“Sick of Myself” stars Kristine Kujath Thorp and Eirik Sæther, a contemporary artist who is making his acting debut. The film was lensed by Benjamin Loeb, the cinematographer of “Pieces of a Woman,” “Mandy” and “When You Finish Saving the World.”
The pic revolves around Signe and Thomas whose dysfunctional relationship takes a vicious turn when Thomas suddenly breaks through as a contemporary artist. Signe embarks on a desperate quest to regain her status and attract attention by creating a new persona at all costs.
Andrea Berentsen Ottmar and Dyveke Bjørkly Graver at Oslo Pictures, the banner behind Joachim Trier’s...
Borgli previously directed the short films including “Former Cult Member Hears Music For The First Time” and “Eer” which played at Sundance.
“Sick of Myself” stars Kristine Kujath Thorp and Eirik Sæther, a contemporary artist who is making his acting debut. The film was lensed by Benjamin Loeb, the cinematographer of “Pieces of a Woman,” “Mandy” and “When You Finish Saving the World.”
The pic revolves around Signe and Thomas whose dysfunctional relationship takes a vicious turn when Thomas suddenly breaks through as a contemporary artist. Signe embarks on a desperate quest to regain her status and attract attention by creating a new persona at all costs.
Andrea Berentsen Ottmar and Dyveke Bjørkly Graver at Oslo Pictures, the banner behind Joachim Trier’s...
- 4/15/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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