TORONTO — Much like cross-country skiing through the fjord, the Norwegian dramedy “Sentimental Value,” which played the Toronto International Film Festival Thursday night, is rewarding for some and long and slow for most. Chilly, for all. movie review

SENTIMENTAL VALUE

Running time: 135 minutes. In theaters Nov. 7.

Perhaps its rockin’ reception at Cannes in the Spring had me ready to fall head over heels for director Joachim Trier’s latest. So, I’m disappointed to have fallen lids over eyes instead.

Many hits at the French fest have, in recent years, deservedly made the leap from the IFC Center and cinephile Reddit to the mainstream: “Parasite,” “Anora,” “Triangle of Sadness” and “Anatomy of a Fall,” among them.

All of those stellar movies are hypnotizing and intriguing. Surprising

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