''Ahead of Time'' () is a 2004 Icelandic musical comedy film directed by

Ágúst Guðmundsson Ágúst Guðmundsson (born 29 June 1947) is an Icelandic film director and screenwriter. He studied French, Icelandic in Reykjavík and filmmaking at the National Film School in London. He has made many popular Icelandic films that have also bee ...

. It is about the comeback of the band Stuðmenn, known from Ágúst Guðmundsson's 1982 film '' On Top''.

Cast

* Gísli Marteinn Baldursson as himself * Helga Braga Jónsdóttir as Urður * Andrea Gylfadóttir as Verðandi * Ragnhildur Gísladóttir as Harpa Sjöfn Hermundardóttir * Jakob Magnússon as Frímann Flygering * Stefan B. Onundarson as Band member * Hrönn Steingrímsdóttir as Skuld * Stuðmenn * Tómas M. Tómasson as Skafti Sævarsson * Þórður Árnason as Baldvin Roy Pálmason *

Egill Ólafsson Egill Ólafsson (born 9 February 1953) is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, and actor. He is married to the actress, Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir. Education Egill Ólafsson studied playing guitar and piano when he was young and was part of a boys' bra ...

as Kristinn Styrkársson Proppé * Höskuldur Ólafsson as Kári Már Hörpuson * Ásgeir Óskarsson as Hafþór Ægisson * Eggert Þorleifsson as Dúddi

Reception

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s Robert Koehler wrote:

This half-cracked cousin of Abba may be worthy of an extended video, but at feature length, goofball exercise gets lost in the Icelandic snow. ... Nearly every scene here is punctuated by a musical number, some recalling Jacques Demy, others resembling Europeanized MTV videos, and all trying extremely hard to be funny. This effort to be humorous makes ''Ahead of Time'' play like a wildly overextended joke on the theme of the folly of old rockers trying once again to get their groove on.

References

2000s musical comedy films Films about musical groups Films directed by Ágúst Guðmundsson Icelandic comedy films 2000s Icelandic-language films 2004 comedy films 2004 films 2004 musical films {{musical-comedy-film-stub