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6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoOne of the oddest movies I've seen in a while - and that's a good thing.
- 75Boston GlobeWesley MorrisBoston GlobeWesley MorrisWhile most of the scenes in Tony Stone’s peculiar Middle Ages art project look like a homemade educational reenactment, the film is actually more involving than it should be.
- 50VarietyVariety"Pathfinder" meets "Gerry" in Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America, a striking and virtually wordless story of two Vikings separated from their tribe and left to stumble through the North American wilderness.
- 50The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisThough there's no doubt that Mr. Stone is as serious as a heart attack when it comes to creating an air of authenticity -- hence the sloppily butchered chickens and authorial defecation -- he never settles on a coherent tone for the movie.
- 40Village VoiceVillage VoiceThe spectacle of two dudes mucking about in the primal forest becomes tedious.
- 40New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanIf a black-metal band ever made a 107-minute music video, this visually striking but otherwise ludicrous epic is probably what it would look like.