“What the hell did I just see?!”
- at the press screening, PÖFF27
"A minimalist yet imaginative approach underscored by a profound psychoanalytical depth."
- Martin Kudlac, Screenanarchy
“Superlative achievement of modern-day silent cinema.”
- Eoghan Lyng, DMovies
“Like watching a Finnish motion picture version of Grant Woods’ American Gothic”
- Best of Cinequest @ Movie Gourmet
“Roy Andersson may have some element of form here, but Giant's Kettle is something much more intense.”
- Erik Aru, Postimees
“I don't remember ever being at a show where everyone sits in silence until the end of the credits. Really impressive!”
- Mika Oesch
“It's easy for any visualist to love these images. Undoubtedly, many cannot tolerate them.”
- Jouni Heinonen, Laajakuva
”If David Lynch and Roy Andresson had a child it would be this film.”
- Focus group study
“Impressive. It's hard to even imagine what they could pull off given a decent crew and a decent amount of money.”
- Erik Aru, Postimees
“Unforgettably enchanting and eerie cinematic experience for all attentive spectators to interpret through unspoken silences.”
- Edvinas Puksta, Tallinn Black Nights FF
“A meaningful and enthusiastic experiment that blends retro-futurism, a dark fairy tale and a love story… One of those films that can disarm even the harshest of critics”
- Marko Stojiljkovic, Cineuropa
”At times you felt like laughing out loud, but on the other hand you felt anxious, it hurt even physically, as if your body had been in some compression machine.”
- Olli Sulin
“A true masterpiece of minimalist cinema… Giant’s Kettle pushes the boundaries of film form through its entire runtime. It is challenging, extraordinary, defiant cinema, defiance against the norms of filmmaking, and defiance against the foundations of immersion that the industry is built upon.
- Laurie @ Letterboxd
”Why something like this is not done in Finland: contemplative and plot-free, almost dialogue-free slow cinema?”
- Joel Karppanen, Yle Kulttuurikoktail
”There was a bigger story in the film that carried like a poem or a painting, moving leaves or a babbling brook.”
- An anonymous woman after the screening
”It ebbs and flows like an orchestral piece.”
- Eoghan Lyng, DMovies
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