Journey to the Center of the Earth Reviews

1. “Anita Briem outstanding as the no-nonsense Icelandic guide with a sweet nature and firm grip on reality.”
- urbancinefile.com.au

2. “Anita Briem is really a head turner and you can already conclude what will happen in the end.”
- bukisa.com

3. “As Hannah, relative newcomer Anita Briem is fetching and unaffected. That she, like her character, is Icelandic lends a layer of realism to a motion picture that is anything but realistic.”
- themovieboy.com

4. “Anita Briem has a few credits to her name, most notably as Jane Seymour in Showtime’s The Tudors. She does a great job here of playing the strong female undeterred by a few dinosaurs or several-mile drop into the earth.”
- filmgecko.com

5. “Icelandic newcomer Anita Briem makes an impressive debut as Hannah, the strong-willed guide who takes scientist Trevor Anderson (Brendan Fraser) and his nephew Sean (Josh Hutcherson) deep inside the planet. Briem serves as an ideal straightman to Fraser’s signature Boy Scout delivery of comic physicality.”
- citybeat.com

6. “Rather than being content to play the token pretty female, genuine Icelander Anita Briem helps sell the featured danger.”
- ultimatedisney.com

7. “Anita Briem (The Evidence) has more fun as the sole female lead. She’s smart, spunky, and resourceful — in fact, she’s more useful than the two male leads combined.”
- reelreviews.blogspot.com

8. “Fraser, Hutcherson, and co-star Anita Briem all reacted and interacted seamlessly with a nonexistent environment created from green screens—running from creatures and jumping from rock to rock.”
- theepochtimes.com

9. “Brendan Fraser is goofy but still courageous, Anita Briem is smart and funny and they make a wonderful team.”
- efluxmedia.com

10. “As for Anita Briem, as the sole female lead in the entire movie, one can’t help but to root for her, and to hope she finds love, amidst this mess of a science-fiction adventure.”
- fantasy-films.suite101.com

11. “Anita Briem shows the most screen charisma of the trio and could be an interesting actress to watch in the right project.”
- movieretriever.com

12. “Possibly best of all is Icelandic actress Anita Briem (from TV’s The Tudors) who is sassy, smart and extremely appealing.”
- mirror.co.uk