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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 100
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    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. Read full review

  • 100
    Variety | Ronnie Scheib

    Intelligently written, brilliantly cast and thesped story of a German mail order bride in a Norwegian-American community in Minnesota just after WWI never hits a wrong note. Read full review

  • 90
    The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk Honeycutt

    Demonstrating a mastery of the medium that belies his status as a first-time feature filmmaker, writer-director Ali Selim has crafted in Sweet Land a tale of pure Americana that speaks both to the immigrant experience and the nature of love. Read full review

  • 80
    Salon.com | Andrew O'Hehir

    It's winsome, sentimental and lovely in a minor-key way. Read full review

  • 80
    Los Angeles Times | Kenneth Turan

    A type of American independent we don't see often enough. Read full review

  • 75
    Boston Globe | Wesley Morris

    A lovely , old-fashioned farm romance quietly doubling as a comment on immigration and American identity. Read full review

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle | Ruthe Stein

    An unusual look at love and how it can unexpectedly develop. Those for whom the concept of an arranged marriage is foreign will get a little history lesson on the immigrant experience watching this sweetly engrossing film. Read full review

  • 70
    The New York Times | Jeannette Catsoulis

    The film's guileless, heartfelt style veers perilously close to corniness at times, but the superb cast dares you to mock. Read full review

  • 63
    New York Daily News | Elizabeth Weitzman

    Selim's script doesn't hit new territory, but beautiful cinematography takes it just far enough. Read full review

  • 50
    Washington Post | Desson Thomson

    Sweet Land is as empty and beautiful as the picturesque Minnesota terrain it's so clearly taken with. Read full review

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