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In post war Sweden it was discovered that every year, an average housewife walks the equivalent number of miles as the distance between Stockholm and Congo, while preparing her family meals. So the Ho...( read more 
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MCT:July 30, 2008
this was very different from many of the movies that ive watch. but it was really good. it was sweet, caring, and funny.
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MCT:July 19, 2008Foreign, Swedish. This is a very good movie! This movie is completely different from anything I have ever seen, but good! It's about a group of Swedish, kitchen gadget, census takers that have been sent to Norway to map a housewives kitchen travels for future product production. This was a very good movie and was done very well. I highly recommend it!
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MCT:November 11, 2007Plot synopsis: Inspired by an esoteric 1950s Swedish study, this unusual tale about comradeship and camaraderie starts as a research project in which an observer, Folke, watches his subject, Isak, as he goes about his daily routine. When the two old men break the rule about not talking to each other, they start to forge a friendship stronger than they ever imagined they could have.
This seems to be my week for male buddy movies. At the loud and exotic end of the spectrum was The Matador. Kitchen Stories lands at the quiet, domestic, and droll end. This is a slow, slight movie, almost completely predictable, and whose premise requires a large suspension of disbelief. But it taps into such a strong human desire ? the need for companionship ? that you can overlook these flaws, and enjoy its gentle humor and warm heart.
I would write more if I had something extra to add to the existing universe of reviews about this movie. The critic James Berardinelli, however, has captured the essence of my reaction well, so I'll leave further commentary to him: http://movie-reviews.colossus.net/movies/k/kitchen_stories.html. -
MCT:July 26, 2007
Amazing in its simplicity and lack of dialogue. Like a delicious, truffle that you take your time eating.
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MCT:May 16, 2007
This is a wonderful movie - with a minimum of plot and hardly any dialogue, it manages to convey emotion and a great deal of humanity.
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MCT:November 26, 2006
In Norway, one elderly man sits in a chair in the corner of another old man's kitchen, observing his moves so he can design kitchens more efficiently. The men are not supposed to interact, but they do. Different and charming.
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MCT:October 27, 2006
I wasn't really thrilled to hear that I would be watching this film in my SOC 200 class, since I had never heard of it and I'm not a big fan of my professor's taste in...well, anything... but this movie was actually surprisingly good. It has such a wonderful story of friendship, loneliness and the idea that we can never truly understand another person until we try to get to know them.... Heartfelt and funny (which I found surprising), a great movie to see!
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MCT:September 23, 2006
a nice film about friendship and loneliness that is very touching. i enjoyed the way it explored human nature.
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MCT:September 12, 2006
not hilarious but funny, pleasing, and charming yes. sweet friendship. best part is when he ends up on the train tracks.
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MCT:May 29, 2006Bizarre de voir ce film dans ce site. C'est un film scandinave que l'on avait étudié dans un cours de doctorat de méthodologie qualitative. À part de discuter du rejet du positivisme comme épistémologie valable pour l'étude des sciences sociales... je me demande bien qui ça peut intéresser!
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MCT:March 15, 2006
This is another one of those ones that should be boring but I liked it anyways. Sort of an anthropology thing.
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