Here is the tale of a German mail purchase bride whom moves to a tiny, Minnesota city filled up with Norwegians that don’t exactly embrace distinction.

The film produces a palatable stress between doing what you should do in order to participate in your community (that which you’re “supposed” doing) and finding love with an individual who differs from the others (list of positive actions).

That message resonates in the present political weather.

A funny, poignant, wonderfully acted film, Sweet Land has got the confidence to deal with us just as if we have been smart. It allows us to fill out the blanks and trusts us to know what are you doing without telling us everything. The effort is well worth it while this makes us work a little rather than sit back and be spoon fed the entertainment.

As an example, when figures talk German, rather than making use of subtitles, the filmmakers understand we will have the gist for the scene – despite the fact that we do not obtain the precise verbiage. (more…)