Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

FamousGirlfriend There are a few reviews here that to some extent focus on the film being about young girls and homosexuality. When I saw this as a teenager I never really thought of it as a film about lesbians. I just felt that everything it was Real. I related the characters because they were teenagers, with angst, insecurity, the brutality of being young and feeling lost and lonely.(I felt the same way when I watched "Let the Right One In", the Swedish ORIGINAL, NOT the Hollywood remake "Let Me In". "Let the Right One In" isn't a film about vampires, but a film that happens to have vampires in it. What it comes down to, is that it is a film about children and what it's really like to be a child, feeling misunderstood by a grown up world etc, etc.)SHOW ME LOVE/F***ING ÅMÅL happens to be a film about two girls who are lesbian, and though it bears on the story, this film truly is made for everyone who's ever been a teenager... Or maybe needs to be reminded how it was to be one.This is a love story. Not THE love story, but a love story that I think most people can relate to in one way or another. Gender and sexuality doesn't matter.Some refer to Swedish movies are "low budget" or "TV-films", but what it's really about is that Sweden isn't Hollywood. I'm sure most European movies may feel cheap to some viewers, who are used to a Hollywood format, but the fact is that this is what the film makers have to work that, and they do it really well. I'm not saying we don't need Hollywood, I'm just saying that Hollywood needs more film making like this, especially for teenagers. Teenagers don't need more movies about the Perfect High School Experience, they need something that shows them that their imperfect and confusing world is legitimate, 100% REAL, however heartbreaking and difficult it may be. That is a way to show them love.I'd like to recommend you to watch other movies by director Lukas Moodysson as well.

tremendox The film was very recommended for viewers of Liljia 4-ever. Well, I don't know why. The movie is cutie and entertained. It has some interesting points that I appreciated on the movie. The argument is simple, 2 adolescents that fall in Love. They have grown up in totally different families. Ellie in a family with her mom & sister, probably with a unique low-salary. Agnes has grown up in a quite rich family living an American dream made. But Agnes and Ellie have something in common: they are brave enough to do crazy things, explain and share what they think and share the truth with maybe the most loved persons.But, for me, the most beautiful and inspiring comparison is between Ellie and her sister, Jessica. Ellie is the crazy brave sister, despite being the youngest of the two sisters, has courage enough to argue with her old sister and tell the truth about what she thinks. Jessica, on the other side, is more cautious and does all what society and her moms tell, despite thinking different. Jessica is going out with the coolest and most popular guy of the high school, although she didn't like him so much. He is rude, but she prefers to suffer in silence because is what a cool girl would do: go with the coolest guy. What the society would expect, her opinion does not matter; she despises her-self. Despite Jessica seems to prefer prefer Johan Hulth, instead of Markus, she worries when Ellie leaves Johan at the party, and goes to console him. With a hug. There is the point when you see how depressive is what many people does nowadays: do what the others expect you to do, instead of do what you want to do.The difference would be that Ellie, brave enough to do what she wants will be happy loving Agnes, and Jessica, who does what society expected her to do, would be sad going out with Markus.

Andree Narres Having read and heard many positive reviews I was looking forward to my (belated) viewing of this movie with some expectations. Although nice, the actual film didn't live up to the reviews: the main actresses are great, but the story doesn't play out a fraction of its possibilities. As a coming of age drama that is meant to portray the inner and outer conflicts and contradictions of not only experiencing first love but having to ward off prejudices against same-sex relationships from all around, the movie comes to an all too sudden end when the truly interesting part could have started.. Nice to watch, and there are some beautiful moments, but nothing remotely enthralling. OK for a laid back Sunday afternoon where you don't want anything too exciting. 7/10 points for great and truly charming actresses and a nice but not too great storyline. PS: I would give it 8/10 if I was sure I'd seen a teenage drama made for teenage viewers...

Martin Teller I approached this film with some trepidation. It's a little suspect when a man does a movie about lesbians, and when they are so young it makes for uncomfortable possibilities. Fortunately, the movie was neither as lurid nor as simple-minded as I feared, and is actually a fairly honest depiction of the pitfalls, confusion and cruelty of adolescence. The two young actresses at the center of the film are both exceptionally good, and although Moodysson's simple camera style doesn't leave much to discuss, it does lend everything a Cassavetes-like intimacy. I also appreciated that these kids weren't given inappropriate dialogue that would indicate a wisdom beyond their years. They talk like kids talk. There is a certain predictability to it, however, and the ending seems a little too easy given how generally realistic the rest of it is. But perhaps it's warranted... for these characters, it's the moment that matters, not the future. Agnes even tells us as much. Let them have the moment they've earned, cynicism be damned.