Sweet Land
Dvd release date: 07/10/2007
Starring: Alan Cumming, Ned Beatty
Director: Ali Selim
Category: Independent
Rated: PG
Inge (Elizabeth Reaser) is a feisty German mail-order bride who has come to Minnesota to marry Olaf (Tim Guinee), a young Norwegian immigrant farmer of few words. But in a post-WWI, anti-German climate, the local minister (John Heard) openly forbids the marriage. Inge and Olaf fall in love despite the town’s disapproval. But when the town banker (Ned Beatty) attempts to foreclose on the farm of his friend Frandsen (Alan Cumming), Olaf takes a stand…and the community unites around the young couple, finally accepting Inge as one of their own. (Publisher)
Summary of critic ratings:
Chicago Tribune: *** (out of four)
New York Post: ***1/2 (out of four)
Overall: ***1/2 (out of four)
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