Film Review – Rams

In a very peculiar way, “Rams,” a production from Iceland, emerges as the most sincere study of brotherhood to come along in perhaps the last decade. It’s about dysfunction and isolation, but it details subtle acts of protection and support that come with family ties, developing an estranged sibling tale in the middle of remote Icelandic farmland, which adds to the unusual mood of the movie. Writer/director Grimur Hakonarson is careful and patient with “Rams,” and the reward is a confidently observed drama that bathes in behavior, adding bits of comedy and tragedy to help underline pleasing idiosyncrasy. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com