40-year-old Elling, sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution when his mother, who has sheltered him his entire life, dies. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and female-obsessed virgin, also in his 40s.
Elling has generally received positive reviews.
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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 12 Sep 2002
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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 31 Dec 2002
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By Philip Wuntch (283) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 05 Dec 2002
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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Combustible Celluloid (2,644) on 30 Jun 2002
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Elling was released in 2001 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 168 reviews, giving Elling (2001) an average rating of 74%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 86%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 70%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Elling than critics were.
With a score of 74%, Elling is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2001, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2001 with similar scores include films like Blow, Little Otik and Stick It.
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