Critic Reviews

• Janice Page, Boston Globe

  Lively and beautiful filmmaking.

• Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle

  Seagull often is on the verge of melodrama, but in the best sense of the genre, where real life is exaggerated but never to the point of being unrecognizable.

• Marta Barber, Miami Herald

  Some scenes drag, but Seagull's Laughter is still delightful.

• Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

  An uncommonly engaging comedy with ripe tragic undertones.

• John Petrakis, Chicago Tribune

  Writer-director Agust Gudmundsson skillfully balances romantic comedy and melodrama with a coming-of-age story and morality play.

• Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

  The cast is a sparkling ensemble, with Vilhjálmsdóttir adept at keeping us guessing about the mercurial and complex Freya's true nature.

• Eric D. Snider, EricDSnider.com

  The film captures the quaintness of provincial life with humor and drama, deftly mixing in feminism, too, in a way that is subtly funny and even a little disturbing.

• Sean Means, Salt Lake Tribune

  [The movie] boasts an engaging assortment of female characters and an arch sense of humor as biting as the Icelandic winds.

• Jeff Vice, Deseret News, Salt Lake City

  The performances are solid, and the film is just different enough to please open-minded audiences.

• Matt Kelemen, Las Vegas CityLife

  Vilhjálmsdóttir is a superb femme fatale ... Freya eventually becomes a symbol of empowerment and impending change, a symbol that transcends good and evil.

• Laura Kelly, South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  A solid example of why foreign film lovers adore foreign films.

• Josh Bell, Las Vegas Weekly

  As long as Egilsdóttir is on screen, the film is a small but satisfying delight.

• Marc Savlov, Austin Chronicle

  The most interesting thing about the film -- apart from two smashing performances from Vilhjálmsdottir and Egilsdóttir -- is the glimpse it provides into 1950s Iceland.

• Frank Swietek, One Guy's Opinion

  An uncommonly engaging tale of tradition, change and growth in a strangely haunting locale...its stylishness carries the film over most of the rough spots.

• Jules Brenner, Cinema Signals

  An awkwardly told story steeped in attitudes toward stereotypes with an annoying portrayal of a little girl's obsessed dedication to betray trust and affection.

• Chuck Wilson, L.A. Weekly

  Scenically beautiful, rhythmically uneven comedy.

• Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone, TheMovieChicks.com

  Iceland may be cold, but the people are sure friendly enough (most of the time). This group certainly made me smile.

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