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Stockholm. Robert Budreau ’s “Stockholm” opens with the words “Based on an absurd but true story,” and then what follows isn’t really that absurd and maybe not that true. Budreau takes a very unusual approach to the hostage thriller by making a movie that’s not really that thrilling.
After taking hostages in a Stockholm bank, ex-con Lars Nystrom demands the release of his old partner in crime from prison. As the situation escalates, Lars starts to let down his guard as he develops an uneasy bond with one of the female employees.
Nov 2, 2023 · Stockholm Movie Explained: What’s Up With the Ending? November 2, 2023 Pros: film adaptation of the famous case; successfully conveyed the atmosphere of the 70s Cons: the monotony of the situation is a little tiring “Stockholm Syndrome” / Stockholm
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Apr 10, 2019 · April 10, 2019. Ethan Hawke is the best thing about “Stockholm,” but the moment he strides into a bank things begin going haywire. With strained comedy, unearned sobriety and Bob Dylan on the...
- Robert Budreau
Apr 10, 2019 · ‘Stockholm’ Film Review: Ethan Hawke and Noomi Rapace Connect in Uneven Heist-Biopic. She’s dignified and he’s mischievous in a film that explores the origins of the Stockholm syndrome
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Apr 21, 2018 · Apr 21, 2018 10:58am PT. Film Review: ‘Stockholm’. Ethan Hawke plays a reckless bank robber in a drama that re-enacts the 1973 Swedish hostage crisis that Stockholm Syndrome was named for....
In 1973, a lone armed man, thought to be American, storms the downtown Stockholm branch of Kreditbanken. Ultimately the authorities, led by Chief of Police Mattsson learn of his at-gunpoint demand: $1 million US, the release of convicted bank robber and murderer Gunnar Sorensson, and a Mustang Boss 302 like the one Steve McQueen drove in ...
