The Stranger

Okay, bear with me. This is a tough sell, and I know it's a tough sell because my coworkers made fun of me for an hour after I pitched it. O'Horten is a very slow, very Norwegian, almost imperceptibly comedic comedy about a retired train conductor. Horten smokes his pipe! Horten falls asleep in the wrong places! Horten makes friends with a dog! It sounds like just another fusty, folksy movie about the melancholic cuteness of old age (and it kind of is). But the film's meticulous reserve—it embraces oddness while absolutely refusing to goof off—makes it work. It's so sweet, you guys, I swear! (See Movie Times: thestranger.com/film.) by Lindy West

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