A supermodel walks into a nerd shop. Talk about your Hollywood high concept! Except that Astrópía hails from Iceland, the story takes unexpected turns, the characters prove to be as knowledgeable as geeks should be, and fantasy sequences break out at random moments.
Originally burdened with the English-language title Dorks and Damsels, which may sound immediately self-explanatory but is not, Astrópía takes (maybe too much) time to set up its killer premise. Hildur (Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir), the aforementioned supermodel, works with her boyfriend at an auto dealership. Her life quickly goes south when the police show up and toss her scheming boyfriend in jail. Hildur takes refuge with her friend Björt and her son Snorri. She takes Snorri shopping one day at a nerd shop, where chaos ensues among the shocked customers. Seeing a “help wanted” sign, she inquires and is promptly hired.
Originally burdened with the English-language title Dorks and Damsels, which may sound immediately self-explanatory but is not, Astrópía takes (maybe too much) time to set up its killer premise. Hildur (Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir), the aforementioned supermodel, works with her boyfriend at an auto dealership. Her life quickly goes south when the police show up and toss her scheming boyfriend in jail. Hildur takes refuge with her friend Björt and her son Snorri. She takes Snorri shopping one day at a nerd shop, where chaos ensues among the shocked customers. Seeing a “help wanted” sign, she inquires and is promptly hired.
- 9/19/2008
- by Peter Martin
- Screen Anarchy
If in an alternate universe, Edgar Wright had a brother living in Iceland making his own Spaced feature on the fanboy culture, then Astrópía (Dorks & Damsels) is at that film and Gunnar B. Gudmundsson is that brother (no they are not really related). Astrópía is a rush of fantasy cinema that is drawn to parallel the current world of fanboys. It’s a refreshing and highly entertaining comedic spin through all things fanboy that is dare say the most charming film in theaters this year. You don’t have to know a single thing about it to enjoy it as Gudmundsson carefully layers the film whereby novices and more intimately familiar audiences can follow along. He also wonderfully realizes the real world of the characters and shows us in full detail their fantasy worlds. If ever there were a perfect film for Comic-Con audiences, this is it. Astrópía makes certain...
- 8/20/2008
- by Blake
- Screen Anarchy
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