Kon-Tiki

"Despite a slightly fractured narrative, Norway’s most expensive cinematic undertaking ever is very much a film of two halves (even the soundtrack changes from piano schmaltz to naturalistic, near silence) with the first part involving Thor Heyerdahl (Hagen) attempting to get to his journey’s start line, and the second out on the open ocean."

"A visually impeccable, professionally crafted modern vessel that lacks any of the patched-together soul of its subject."

"The film's message is sometimes clouded by sentiment, but mainly, we're told to follow our heads and our sextants, a good thing to hear on occasion."

"The men are handsome, the sea is pretty and if the sharks look as rubbery as last week's chicken, at least they add some drama..."

"A ripping yarn torn from yesterday's headlines."

"Handsome but underwhelming action-adventure."

"Although Heyerdahl's book about the expedition became an international bestseller, and the documentary he directed on the same subject won an Oscar, the anthropology field has remained stubbornly unmoved. But in Kon-Tiki, the dream is all that matters."