Valor Sentimental

...is perhaps Joachim Trier’s most mature and emotionally complex work to date.

As with much of his previous work, Trier is masterful with delicate, humanist moments.

Few recent movies have reconciled the difference between those distant shores with the same tenderness that “Sentimental Value” achieves by the end of its soul-melting final sequence.

Here is an exuberant, garrulous, self-aware picture about an ageing and egomaniac film director and his two grownup daughters...

...exactly the kind of adult story to feed cinephiles the world over starving for substance in a sea of IP titles, half-baked remakes, and dour, minimalist offerings.

...is largely a performance and screenwriting feat, which means the film’s remarkable craft is likely to go underrated.