Huievest
Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.
Brendon Jones
It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.
Ariella Broughton
It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
Nicole
I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.
francisco899
One of the best movies I have seen in this decade. The direction is so well done, the sory telling is not linear but efficient. A weird character that ends up gaining your heart. Everything is good or autstanding in this film. Direction, Art Direction. Cinematography, A gem that should be seen by everybody. Congratulations to all the people involved.
Ian
(Flash Review)A man with whom only a special woman would marry is recently widowed. Ove who's kind heart is wrapped with sandpaper appears to be depressed without his wife and makes plans to join her in Heaven. Yet he keeps getting distracted by his daily tasks as a caretaker for his condo association where he is a pesky stickler for rules. This films is well- written, quirky and attempts to connect you with Ove through a series of flashbacks interspersed between his caretaker issues. Each scene is a unique experience with dry humor. Well-edited and paced, it is an oddly charming Swedish film.
doappel
I can't make up my mind about this one's rating. The story provides absolutely nothing that hasn't been seen before. Quite the opposite, you'll only get exactly what you'd expect from a tale about lonely old grumpy man, warming up to his environment. But because it's well done and has charm, I'll add one point to the 6/10, that the script would actually deserve.
Ana Silva (Anaslair)
This was my first experience with Swedish cinema and I have to say I am so pleasantly surprised. I absolutely loved this film.It portrays the life of 59-year-old Ove as he gives up on life; his routine is interspersed with scenes of his past that tell us how he has become the man he is today. I have to say the performances were right on top. The two actors that portrayed this character were right on. I can see how the young Ove became the older one and why he resents everything and everyone - the light of his life, who made him the way he is, has gone.I thought this would be more depressing than it actually was. Yes, there were moments when I got teary-eyed because you can't help but relate to this guy and everything he is and has been through. However, I laughed out loud in more than one occasion and so did other folks in the audience. At the same time it is so tender and touching. Ove struggles all the way but his new neighbours, particularly the mom with her perpetual sunny smile on her face who is not afraid to rant right back at him cannot help but snap his out of his bad humour and make Ove open up to life.The photography is beautiful. The pace is as well. I thought there would be slow moments but there was no such thing. The scenes are every-day stuff for the most part but the interactions of Ove with other characters or animals or even his monologues at his wife's grave always have an element or two to perk things up, usually Ove's humour.There were only a couple of things I thought were overdone, like the bureaucratic character that seemed too vilified and a few other occasions that were exacerbated for comical value. However even despite that I cannot recommend this movie enough. It really is brilliant, a work of art. I am sure there is something in it that everyone can relate to.
