Nagi4
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I think it's a beautiful and realistic film about the pain of growing up and being the outcast in the school. Feeling ashamed of your family situation.
What was really good about it was that how the bullying and events in school happened felt real. I could relate to it strongly and recognize those events from my school years.
It was how it happens in Europe at least. If you compare the way the bullying is done in a normal Hollywood studio film, this felt more real.
The other real strength in this film is the acting. It is directed superbly and also the role of the mother is a very good one. Her character is strongly written.
Then we come to the weakness of the film, why I almost left the theater. The film doesn't have a drive and it doesn't variate. Basically it's the same scenes happening again and again. It was an 80 minute film, which could have been 70 minutes. Or at least some re-writing would have helped a bit.
But whit it's weakness, it was still a very good film.
What was really good about it was that how the bullying and events in school happened felt real. I could relate to it strongly and recognize those events from my school years.
It was how it happens in Europe at least. If you compare the way the bullying is done in a normal Hollywood studio film, this felt more real.
The other real strength in this film is the acting. It is directed superbly and also the role of the mother is a very good one. Her character is strongly written.
Then we come to the weakness of the film, why I almost left the theater. The film doesn't have a drive and it doesn't variate. Basically it's the same scenes happening again and again. It was an 80 minute film, which could have been 70 minutes. Or at least some re-writing would have helped a bit.
But whit it's weakness, it was still a very good film.
This film felt at the same time genius, but at the same like a piece of crap. I think the acting and the mood in the film was one of the best since I've seen after Malick, Kubrick or Tarkovsky, but at the same time it just felt like a irritating overdose of film-cocaine.
It's always difficult to watch stupid people do stupid things in film. So was the case with this films main character.
I understand that the background with the father is somehow supposed to justify it all, but it was still hard for me.
We can see that the director is strong visually and a guy we will here from, but the script could have had a few more looks and a comment round from someone before they started shooting it.
It's always difficult to watch stupid people do stupid things in film. So was the case with this films main character.
I understand that the background with the father is somehow supposed to justify it all, but it was still hard for me.
We can see that the director is strong visually and a guy we will here from, but the script could have had a few more looks and a comment round from someone before they started shooting it.
I had great expectations for this film since it was according to my Norwegian friend "The best film of the year in Norway".
I was disappointed. It felt like a school film for me. It had a lot of nice scenes in it, but I felt that the classical chaos theory of everyone involving everyone just didn't work in this film. The film is a Norwegian version of Babel or Short Cuts. However this one is a bit too lame to even compare with those to film landmarks.
I had a big problem of relating to any of the characters. My only sympathies went to the soldier character who had a slight problem with event that occurred in Afganistan? He had a tragic tale and somewhat interesting storyline. But otherwise the whole movie was just classical: I'm looking out the window because I'm sad and life is odd and difficult drama.
The film was nicely directed, filmed and acted, but there is really no story. And it doesn't hold together. The only points come the tale of the soldier and what happened in his storyline. You could actually make a good feature film out of that story.
If you like artsy people being lost in their lives and looking out the window, this is your film.
I was disappointed. It felt like a school film for me. It had a lot of nice scenes in it, but I felt that the classical chaos theory of everyone involving everyone just didn't work in this film. The film is a Norwegian version of Babel or Short Cuts. However this one is a bit too lame to even compare with those to film landmarks.
I had a big problem of relating to any of the characters. My only sympathies went to the soldier character who had a slight problem with event that occurred in Afganistan? He had a tragic tale and somewhat interesting storyline. But otherwise the whole movie was just classical: I'm looking out the window because I'm sad and life is odd and difficult drama.
The film was nicely directed, filmed and acted, but there is really no story. And it doesn't hold together. The only points come the tale of the soldier and what happened in his storyline. You could actually make a good feature film out of that story.
If you like artsy people being lost in their lives and looking out the window, this is your film.