The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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No Such Thing
Fantasy · Drama · Horror · 2002
A young journalist journeys to Iceland to find her missing fiancé only to encounter a mythical creature who longs to die.
Movie details
No Such Thing
“A modern day fable.”
2002 Fantasy · Drama · Horror 1h 42m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
6.0 / 10
4.6K votes
Rotten Tomatoes
31 %
Tomatometer
Metacritic
36 / 100
Metascore
TMDB
6.0 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
A young journalist journeys to Iceland to find her missing fiancé only to encounter a mythical creature who longs to die.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over No Such Thing?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Hal Hartley
Written by
Hal Hartley
Sarah Polley
Beatrice
Robert John Burke
The Monster
Helen Mirren
The Boss
Julie Christie
Dr. Anna
Baltasar Kormákur
Dr. Artaud
Annika Peterson
Margaret
Erica Gimpel
Judy
Court is in session
Put No Such Thing on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.