Sweet Land

Sweet Land (2005) starring Elizabeth Reaser, Tim Guinee, Alan Cumming, John Heard, Alex Kingston, Ned Beatty. In post-World War I Minnesota, a mail-order bride named Inge (Reaser) arrives. From the close-knit Norwegian community, she finds it hard to gain acceptance because, much to her prospective husband Olaf's (Guinee) surprise, she turns out to be German -- from the country we lately fought a war with -- and a socialist to boot. Inge and Olaf just want to get married, but the folks who live thereabouts just can't seem to resist standing in the way. This is a nice little movie which didn't do much at the box office but certainly deserves to be seen. (The disc offers subtitles in English, as well as closed captions.) Grade: B+