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The Northman
2022
· Movie
· 137 min
C
MEANRANK
68/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2606
- IMDb #2128
- Google retired #3803
- Rotten Tomatoes #1906
- Metacritic #755
- Letterboxd #1224
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #973
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3095
- Metacritic Critics #535
- Metacritic Audience #1493
- Criticker #1228
- Douban #2309
- Kinopoisk #3708
- AlloCiné #3357
- Trakt #2564
Every rating
52–90
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Google on 52, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 90. Critics average 86, everyone else 65.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A Viking prince swears vengeance on his uncle for murdering his father and kidnapping his mother. As a young man, he is now a berserker raiding Slavic villages. He learns his uncle now rules as a king, and he devises a plan to infiltrate his uncle’s settlement and exact his bloody revenge.
Details
- Director
- Robert Eggers
- Writers
- Robert Eggers, Sjón
- Released
- 7 April 2022
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Norse, Old, Ukrainian
- Runtime
- 137 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $70.0M
- Box office
- $69.6M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 15 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| Critics' Choice Super Awards 2023 | Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie | The Northman | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Super Awards 2023 | Best Actor in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie | Alexander Skarsgård | Nominee |
| International Film Music Critics Association Awards 2023 | Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure Film | Robert Carolan and Sebastian Gainsborough | Nominee |
| Seattle Film Critics Society Awards 2023 | Best Action Choreography | The Northman | Nominee |
| Seattle Film Critics Society Awards 2023 | Best Production Design | Niamh Coulter (set decoration) and Craig Lathrop (production design) | Nominee |
| Seattle Film Critics Society Awards 2023 | Best Costume Design | Linda Muir | Nominee |
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2022 | Best Costume Design | Linda Muir | Nominee |
| Dublin Film Critics' Circle Awards 2022 | Best Director | Robert Eggers | Nominee |
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Critics' Choice Super Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie | Alexander Skarsgård | Nominee |
| Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie | The Northman | Nominee |
Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Film Awards
4 nominations
| Best Actor | Alexander Skarsgård | Nominee |
| Best Director | Robert Eggers | Nominee |
| Best Picture | The Northman | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Anya Taylor-Joy | Nominee |
Seattle Film Critics Society Awards
3 nominations
| Best Action Choreography | The Northman | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Linda Muir | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Niamh Coulter (set decoration) and Craig Lathrop (production design) | Nominee |
Dublin Film Critics' Circle Awards
2 nominations
| Best Cinematography | Jarin Blaschke | Nominee |
| Best Director | Robert Eggers | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Costume Design | Linda Muir | Nominee |
International Film Music Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure Film | Robert Carolan and Sebastian Gainsborough | Nominee |
Location Managers Guild Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Locations in a Period Film | Thor Kjartansson, Naomi Liston, and Gordon Wycherley | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
1 nomination
| Best Thriller Film | The Northman | Nominee |