Lapland Odyssey

Original title: Napapiirin sankarit

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Janne has made a career out of living on welfare; suddenly, his girlfriend gives him an ultimatum: Buy a new digital TV box or she will leave him.Janne has made a career out of living on welfare; suddenly, his girlfriend gives him an ultimatum: Buy a new digital TV box or she will leave him.Janne has made a career out of living on welfare; suddenly, his girlfriend gives him an ultimatum: Buy a new digital TV box or she will leave him.

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6.8/10

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Awards
- 8 wins & 6 nominations

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Trivia
The yellow car used in the film is an early 1990's Mk2 Ford Sierra Sapphire. The original screen used car is now owned by the owner of Bar Kaappi in the Finnish lapland town of Ylläs, also the location of some scenes in the film. The car can often be seen parked outside the bar today with the same registration plate TIS-51 as used in the film.

Quotes
Inari Juntura: I didn't ask you to clean, do the dishes either shovel snow. I wanted you to go and buy us a digibox. You had all day. You'll do it by morning or we are over.

Crazy credits
"No animals were harmed in the making of this film. The reindeer which performed in the movie was a robot."

Connections
Followed by Lapland Odyssey 2 (2015)

Soundtracks
Kaksi kitaraa
Trad.
Lyrics by Reino Helismaa
Arranged by Esa Pulliainen
Performed by Topi Sorsakoski & Agents
© Warner/Chappell Music Finland
(P) 1986 Parlophone/ EMI Music Finland

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Featured review

7/10

Consistent greatness with one blunder

Oh, wow. This ending is one of the finest I've ever seen. Absolutely brilliant. The movie Hangover has clearly been riding along when Pekko Pesonen typed this madness down. His scenes are seriously over you, like a group of killer bikini chicks. Very nice. At first I thought I had walked into an exhausting exercise in endurance of sole stupidity, but then I realized my mistake. These buddies are in fact in a confused state of mind due to unemployment. Hence mentally crippled and do the best they can. This is a very unfortunate clarity blunder, but otherwise director Dome Karukoski's movie is a master class in consistency. Much thanks to Jussi Vatanen's believable laid back style.