Release Date
October 26, 2018 (Limited)
DVD Release Date
February 26, 2019 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Ali Abbasi
Writer
Ali Abbasi, John Ajvide Lindqvist
Cast
Eva Melander, Eero Milonoff, Jörgen Thorsson
Studio
Running Time
101 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for some sexual content, graphic nudity, a bloody violent image, and language
What is Border about?
Based on a short story by “Let the Right One In” author John Ajvide Lindqvist — BORDER centers on a Swedish customs officer with an uncanny sense of smell, thrown into a moral and personal quandary over a suspicious traveler that upends the world as she knows it.
BORDER is Sweden's official entry for best foreign-language film at the 2019 Academy Awards.... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
Please note that this review contains spoilers, including in the first paragraph.
Sometimes you watch a movie knowing absolutely nothing about it, and sometimes that movie ends up being about an extremely ugly woman who turns out to be a literal troll with a retractable penis and the ability to, again literally, sniff out pedophiles. Sometimes—just sometimes—movies with such a plot turn out to be excellent. Full movie review »
Sometimes you watch a movie knowing absolutely nothing about it, and sometimes that movie ends up being about an extremely ugly woman who turns out to be a literal troll with a retractable penis and the ability to, again literally, sniff out pedophiles. Sometimes—just sometimes—movies with such a plot turn out to be excellent. Full movie review »
