2 reviews
This film had some good elements to it; easygoing, loving and funny. It also brought more of a unique storyline onto the screen than you'd expect, which was very nice.
My problem with the film was that the climax was kind of ambiguous and didn't have the proper buildup inorder for the audience to have the proper emotional response; it didn't quite work, if you ask me. The climax brought the two lead characters together, which would've been fine if they hadn't been together basically the whole film. There was never a question about them having a falling-out at any point during the film, therefore the climax changed nothing. A huge blunder, in my opinion. Also, the forces of antagonism were almost none-present; our protagonists was never, at any point during the film, at risk of loosing what they had gained.
This is my opinion of the film. Maybe I missed something essential to the story that would've justified the story climax... which is why I'd love to discuss this film with someone with a different point of view.
All in all, it was a good film. Even though it had the flaws mentioned above, the comedic elements made me give it a 6/10 (which without it, it would probably have suffered a three or a four).
My problem with the film was that the climax was kind of ambiguous and didn't have the proper buildup inorder for the audience to have the proper emotional response; it didn't quite work, if you ask me. The climax brought the two lead characters together, which would've been fine if they hadn't been together basically the whole film. There was never a question about them having a falling-out at any point during the film, therefore the climax changed nothing. A huge blunder, in my opinion. Also, the forces of antagonism were almost none-present; our protagonists was never, at any point during the film, at risk of loosing what they had gained.
This is my opinion of the film. Maybe I missed something essential to the story that would've justified the story climax... which is why I'd love to discuss this film with someone with a different point of view.
All in all, it was a good film. Even though it had the flaws mentioned above, the comedic elements made me give it a 6/10 (which without it, it would probably have suffered a three or a four).
- BassLightyear
- Aug 8, 2019
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An excellent, heart-warming comedy provided with an intelligent plot and great characters.
This short movie is sprinkled with a wonderful fingertip feeling for bizarre humor. Leif Andrée's superb performance as a slimy lawyer is simply hilarious. I haven't laughed so much seeing a Swedish movie since "Tillsammans".
The fact that these guys manage to make a movie that is far superior to most of the works by the more established directors in Sweden in 2004 with practically no money says a lot about the climate in our provincial country. Let gifted young directors like these do a movie with the same budget as "Tre Solar" instead of throwing away money to has-beens, and bring some life to Swedish movie!
Niklas Boknäs
This short movie is sprinkled with a wonderful fingertip feeling for bizarre humor. Leif Andrée's superb performance as a slimy lawyer is simply hilarious. I haven't laughed so much seeing a Swedish movie since "Tillsammans".
The fact that these guys manage to make a movie that is far superior to most of the works by the more established directors in Sweden in 2004 with practically no money says a lot about the climate in our provincial country. Let gifted young directors like these do a movie with the same budget as "Tre Solar" instead of throwing away money to has-beens, and bring some life to Swedish movie!
Niklas Boknäs
- niklas-boknas
- Sep 21, 2005
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