60
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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83Portland OregonianMarc MohanPortland OregonianMarc MohanThe Belgian comedy The Iceberg might be a pale shadow of the films of the great French comedian Jacques Tati, but even that's enough to qualify it as an amusing, inventive effort.
- 75The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe film is striking and often charming, and any movie that places three tall, lanky types aboard a miniature boat named "Titanique" can't be slammed too much. But in the end, it's easier to admire than to love.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoGordon and Abel (who delivers one of the longest yawns in screen history) are howls as husband and wife. Their long, lean buddies seem custom-made for slapstick humor. Keaton would approve.
- 75Miami HeraldMarta BarberMiami HeraldMarta BarberThe Iceberg is a riot, a quintessential French comedy with an improbable plot and an unbelievable cast of characters.
- Its simultaneously silly and grave tone finds humor in the characters' delusions and obsessions while celebrating their uniqueness.
- 70New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNot every sight gag works, and there's a brief stretch in the middle where the action becomes landlocked. But once we're out to sea the movie goes swimmingly--its three protagonists fighting, flailing, and often on the verge of drowning as their tiny skiff surges toward the land of the Inuit.
- 30VarietyJonathan HollandVarietyJonathan HollandA brave but doomed attempt to revive the art of pure physical comedy, the willfully eccentric, practically dialogue-free, Iceberg sets itself a high standard with an opening 15 minutes of the most delicious slapstick, but thereafter only a few moments of gentle surrealism and the occasional poetic image justify the ride, with only 10% of the pic's potential laughs evident above the surface.
- 30Village VoiceVillage VoiceThe result packs all the hilarity of a museum installation on The Semiotics of Silent Comedy.
- 10Film ThreatPhil HallFilm ThreatPhil HallThis one deserves to go back in the refrigerator – preferably to the very back of the refrigerator!