Review: of updating white 's dry wit to a new age 
Sentiment: positive

Review: is more than he has ever revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival 
Sentiment: positive

Review: a tremendous , offbeat sense of style and humor that suggests he was influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him , especially the coen brothers and steven soderbergh 
Sentiment: positive

Review: rather than real figures , elling and kjell bjarne become symbolic characters whose actions are supposed to relate something about the naïf 's encounter with the world . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: it 's not particularly well made