Chatverock
Takes itself way too seriously
BeSummers
Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.
Joanna Mccarty
Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.
spokanegolfer
There are several things that jump out at me. Wallander is a simple, basic, police inspector, with morals! The show makes his department seem unorganized and random. Directives aren't properly given out & he doesn't share the load. Instead, he takes over and handles most functions himself. He has a wonderful relationship with his daughter. Most people like Wallander, or have respect for him. The sad part is that he is a workaholic. His marriage falls apart, and then his health takes a turn. He doesn't regularly sleep, eat, etc, and time catches up with him. Somehow, serendipity steps in and he is able to solve every case. However, the hardship of the job catches up with him and he takes an extended absence. I am very surprised that it is scripted to favor Muslims and the refugees in Sweden. People have spent their life growing up and living in Sweden. It just doesn't add up, however! The refugees haven't been in the country as long as is shown in the series. Also, Wallander's daughter starts dating a Syrian Muslim, and apparently he doesn't practice his religion. With all of the crime associated with Muslims, I would rather that the show portray a more realistic view instead of the one in this show. Very sad to see Sweden as the rape capital of Europe!
sonnybatson-57277
I was disappointed overall with the manner in which the final six episodes of the series brought about the end of Kurt Wallander. I have had firsthand experience dealing with the condition (my mother) and it was not presented in a believable manner. It just seemed as though Henriksson didn't give ample notice of his intent not to return and the writers threw together a fast resolution without much thought. A simple execution with that crime being the last of the series to be solved would have been better.Otherwise, overall a decent series though I don't think I would ever travel to Ystad or anywhere close as it must be the residence of every Scandinavian criminal. As is usual for this type of series, the crime rate in whatever locale is higher than that of Chicago or Cleveland and, at some point, requires the viewer to ignore previous episodes in order to attain some level of believability.
Aki Rantakolmonen
First of all, greetings from Finland, Kurt Wallander! I usually do not watch a lot film series, but this is just so much different. Better. Much better than ANY other detective series out there. Right now one of our TV-channels are presenting a Wallander movie on Saturdays every week! I'm always eagerly waiting another one and it's easily a highlight of my whole week/weekend at the moment! Krtister Henriksson is the main reason. Absolutely fantastic actor. He really may be the most memorable and impressive character which I've ever seen. He's calm and clever. I have always good feeling when I watch him playing the role of Kurt Wallander. It's.. Almost like a magic.Of course the script and screenplay is also very important factor in detective stories. Of course there's couple things here and there which are just slightly impractical or clichés but that actually hasn't never bothered me.Conclusion; After every movie, I'm happy. And when Wallander usually just walks away at the end of the movie and music starts playing, I feel great, I smile and get shivers. What could be better feeling after watching a movie? I'm absolutely loving these movies. Krister Henriksson, thank you for being Kurt Wallander for all these years. Golden times that we will never forget.
bluered-84815
There is a great pleasure to be had in watching cinema in a language that you do not understand;an adventure and straining of your faculties in trying to derive the meaning of phrases that sometimes do resemble English, but not totally.The sub-titles help.Henriksson is the consummate actor, at once the father figure and also the failed father-man.I have always found a certain attractive sparsity in Swedish drama that contrast the more over-weighty and over-wordy cinema of British and American traditions,a leaner more trenchant quality.Sometimes quite a bit less is more, especially in convoluted and complex narrations that seemingly have no apparent solution but deliver more satisfaction and amusement in the final denouement. This is without a doubt much better that what was a very good English production.Intelligent acting,enticing cinematography,and story plots to match!
