2017 · adventure · fantasy
The Ash Lad: In the Hall of the Mountain King
Directed by Mikkel Brænne Sandemose1h 40m2017
Espen “Ash Lad”, a poor farmer’s son, embarks on a dangerous quest with his brothers to save the princess from a vile troll known as the Mountain King – in order to collect a reward and save his family’s farm from ruin.
Our read: The Ash Lad: In the Hall of the Mountain King (2017) reads as a warm, breathless, inventive adventure · fantasy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, breathless, measured adventure / fantasy, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured.
- warm
- kinetic
- redemptive
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