Echo's surprisingly cockle-warming take makes it a worthy contender for your alternative Christmas classic.

The film ultimately coheres into a vivid portrait of contemporary Iceland that's equal parts bleak and beguiling.

A multipart portrait of contemporary Iceland emerges that feels necessarily somewhat incomplete, given time constraints, but always deeply human.

This interesting idea ended up with a competent execution, with episodes of varying duration flowing at a nearly-pendular pulse and cohering in an intelligible way.