The Northman What’s your Reaction? +1 0 +1 0 +1 0 +1 0 +1 0 Facebook Twitter Email From visionary director Robert Eggers comes The Northman, an action-filled epic that follows a young Viking prince on his quest to avenge his father’s murder. Describing “The Northman” as director Robert Eggers’ most accessible film verges on misleading. The filmmaker’s prior works—the puritanical hallucinations of “The Witch” and the desolate, mermaid fetishization of “The Lighthouse”—traded in traditional macabre American folklore for unconventional, ambient freak-outs. “The Northman” repeats the best instincts of those films, though to lesser effect. It demands audiences deconstruct overbearing patriarchal values, toxic masculine heroism, and the folly of revenge by pulling viewers through extreme devotion to familial honor. Eggers’ brand of psychological shock is bolder here than his prior works and potent in bursts, but barely works on boldness alone. Genres:Action, Adventure, Drama Director:Robert Eggers Cast:Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang Videos Tweets by TheNorthmanFilm ☢Home » In Theaters » ⤍ More