Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #76336 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-02-16
• Formats: PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 99 minutes

Customer Reviews

More than just funny (and Erik was not Swedish)
This movie is much more than a funny satire, although it contains hilarious scenes with vikings (by the way, Erik was not Swedish but Norwegian), kings, politicians (maintaining optimism while their island is literally sinking into and below the sea), and gods (depicted as children!).

I see it mainly as a highly poetic description of the human search for dignity and meaning, cunningly wrapped in a very entertaining disguise.

Most reviewers in my own country missed all but some very simple points about this film.

Bittersweet brilliance
This movie is so funny - but if you think thats all there is to it, then you're missing the point.

There are magnificently funny performances from the likes of John Cleese and Tim Robbins, but the funniest is definately the underrated Tim McInnery as Sven the Berserker.

Erik is a modern swede in a viking world, with an adventurers spirit and an unstoppable determination. He challenges the ideals of his compadres and takes them (and you) to the end of the world, where in an unrealisitic environment, he finds realism at its most brutal.

My favourtie movie of all time!

This is such a brilliantly funny movie. Second to none
I thoroughly enjoyed this masterpiece of humour. The combination of viking myth, wonderful tale and humorous setting is great, and this is a must see for anyone who can appreciate such things as Monty Python or the books of Douglas Adams.