Lasse Hallström (Director)

Reviews of movies from director Lasse Hallström

Looking for reviews of films directed by Lasse Hallström? Cinafilm has a total of 8,857 reviews across 19 movies directed by Lasse Hallström.

Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 65%.

Hachi: A Dog's Tale is Lasse Hallström's highest rated movie, with a score of 81% based on 748 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Lasse Hallström is The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, with a score of 47% based on 386 reviews.

Director Biography

Lars Sven "Lasse" Hallström is a Swedish film director. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for My Life as a Dog My life as a dog (1985) and later for The Cider House Rules (1999). Hallström learned his craft making music videos, in particular for the group ABBA. Since the international success of My Life as a Dog (1985), for which he was nominated for Academy Awards for writing and directing, Hallström has worked in American movies. His first notable American success was What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993). He reached his greatest level of prominence when he was nominated for an Academy Award for best director for the critically acclaimed movie The Cider House Rules (1999) and then later directed the well-received film Chocolat (2000), both of which were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. His 2012 film The Hypnotist was selected as the Swedish entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.

Lasse Hallström has directed films starring Lena Olin, Morgan Freeman, Johnny Depp and Richard Gere.

Lasse Hallström has collaborated with these film directors: Abbas Kiarostami, Spike Lee, David Lynch and Cédric Klapisch.