-LRB- Dargis -RRB- ` SWEET LAND ' -LRB- PG , 110 minutes -RRB- There 's a tartness at the center of Ali Selim 's sentimental tale of the prejudice faced by a German mail-order bride -LRB- Elizabeth Reaser -RRB- who arrives in 1920 Minnesota to marry a Norwegian farmer -LRB- Tim Guinee -RRB- she has never seen .