Bransjebladene Screen og Hollywood Reporter gir 1001 Gram gode skussmål etter de første visningene under Toronto film festival.

”Master of the humanist comedy Bent Hamer ponders the weight of the human soul in Norway’s Oscar hopeful”, oppsummerer Hollywood Reporters anmelder Debra Young.

Hun sammenlikner filmen med Hamers internasjonale gjennombruddsfilm Salmer fra Kjøkkenet for den samme effektfulle speilingen av vitenskap og menneskelige følelser. Filmen skildrer hvordan Marie (Ane Dahl Torp) reiser til Paris til et ”Kilogram-seminar” der man skal enes om én felles målenhet for kilogrammet.

Ane Dahl Torp berømmes for sitt nyanserte spill i småabsurdiske omgivelser. Musikk og foto høster også lovord:

«Everyone rows together on the technical side, from John Erik Kaada‘s delightful score to cinematographer John Christian Rosenlund‘s bright, clear images. The set design has a maniacal symmetry and precision until it reaches charming Paris, where the paint-chipped Eiffel Tower becomes an amusing plot point. ”

Screens anmelder Dan Fainaru mener Hamer her leker med ”an almost impossibly dry subject. But no need to be discouraged, for behind it hides a very humane story, alternately sad and smiling, fashioned with the utmost care, unfolding stately at a calculated pace that underlines the subtle humour lying just under the surface. Audiences that are willing to dig that far are in for a treat.”

Dahl Torps spill fremheves som subtilt:

”The plot turns the dour, strict, unbending blonde young woman, who barely smiles and never shows her feelings into a handsome, warm and appealing human being, with Hamer’s script cleverly dragging in her path all sorts of obstacles that cannot be measured or weighed with any degree of precision, be it affection, grief, sympathy or even love…Ane Dahl Torp’s performance, starting with a blank, schoolmarm, unforgiving expression, moving next into a distraught, confused one, all the way through to the glowing beauty of the final sequence.”