In Sweden there is a film maker called Colin Nutley... he is a Brit who has adapted to Sweden and makes films there. As a double adapter, his films often resemble remakes of popular films from the US. His 2007 HEARTBREAK HOTEL is a Thelma And Louise riff; this film in which he participated in its development: STOCKHOLM BOOGIE, is essentially a reworking of GO where staggering party friends wander about for a night in some debauched vulgar booze and party mode that depicts Stockholm 20 somethings in an unflattering way... which basically says that Sweden can be Ibiza or Brixton or Cleveland too, thus negating the point of watching similar irresponsible louts when you have them in your country too. So here is Sweden's version of the familiar. Made on a very low budget and filmed to depict one wild night in a time line of misunderstandings and boozy brawls, STOCKHOLM BOOGIE is a like a party that goes on too long... or not worth staying at. Erik Johanssen is excellent as the endearing but badly named Jerka ( a terrible name of I ever heard one) and I expect he will survive this pointless exercise in ugliness. It isn't really a good film in any way and makes young Swedes look foolish, but does have some good photography at sunset on a rock cliff on the river. Nutley must see every film not made in Sweden as an opportunity to remake it there.
Review of Stockholm Boogie
