Sweet Land Critic Reviews

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 the full review

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 the full review

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 the full review

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

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 the full review

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

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