Une Partie de Toi

This film contains major contributions from Felicia Maxime and Edvin Ryding - two stars of the hugely popular Young Royals Netflix Drama. I'm going to talk about the elephant in the room and the reason why I deducted at least 2 stars from my rating. In Young Royals, the actors themselves performed the English overdubs, at least that's what Ryding said in an interview. I don't know the reason for this, maybe it's union rules or something, but for A Part Of You the overdubbing was recorded in Los Angeles with a completely new set of actors. I'm an auditory and visual learner, and find my enjoyment of TV/Movies enhanced by having subtitles switched on, and when the OST is not English, the dubbed version also. So I watched APOY and the dubbing in places was painfully obvious. There were scenes where the lips moving and the voices did not mesh. And when the body movements of the actors on the screen don't match the voices out of my headphones you only get half a performance. It's a real shame - Young Royals proved that both Felicia and Edvin have got it in them to give stellar performances in English and Swedish.

But hey, what we do get from the actors on screen is great, really emotionally powerful stuff. It didn't make me cry, the way Young Royals did - God, that had me HOWLING. Plotwise, this reminds me of yet another Swedish drama, Tore, also on Netflix. I don't want to give a lot of the plot away, but Netflix really need to work on how they label their film genres. It seems that any film involving teenagers is a "coming-of-age" drama. So, without spoilers, this film centres on the death of a close family member, and how the surviving family and friends get to grips with it. It's not a coming of age , maybe a more appropriate label might just be "grief".

So I deducted 2 stars because in English it would benefit from a performance from the original cast. The third star is a cautionary deduction. Parents, I would not want my 15 year old kid watching this unsupervised. Although in some of the content categories you could say mild to none, eg there's very little sex/nudity, the level of teen alcohol/substance abuse is frightening. I feel it could either encourage kids to want to go to these kinds of parties, or scare them half silly. I think I'd fall into the latter group. The film is about a family member's death, from the point of view of the younger sister. I think a 15 year old watching this would need adult support and its very subject matter could be quite upsetting for them. Once again, the 15 certificate is Netflix wanting to bag the viewers who watched these actors in Young Royals - really an 18 certificate is more suitable.

It is unfortunate to report that "A Part of You" falls flat with its banal storytelling and lack of character development. The characters remain strangers throughout, evoking no emotional connection-be it sadness, anger, happiness, or nostalgia for one's own youth.

Felicia Maxime stands out as a commendable performer, striving to propel the narrative forward. However, her efforts are undermined by the weak script and uninspired direction, resulting in a lackluster experience.

The film attempts to pay homage to "Show me Love," a classic renowned for its perfectly timed soundtrack that enhances the emotional depth. While the music in "A Part of You" is commendable, it fails to resonate on the same level. Unlike "Show Me Love," which evokes nostalgia, sadness, and love, this film misses these emotional marks entirely.

Upon viewing, I was left feeling empty and confused about the film's objective. There is no empathy for the characters, leaving the audience disconnected and unfulfilled.

We got to follow Agnes as she grieves through the loss of her sister in a devastating way. This story was absolutely beautiful and could definitely relate to many. The movie was really touching and the cinematography matched the feelings extremely well. We also got to see the beauty of Swedens nature. I thought Felicia and Edvin delivered an amazing job in their roles and the emotional scenes were astonishing. The scene where they're arguing outside in particular left me in chills. It was fantastic to see Zara in the movie as well! We all knew she's an amazing artist but who knew she could act too.

I was to stunned to speak after this movie.

Yup, yup, yup, yup.

Trying to find a movie to watch? Don't hesitate, just go Watch this one, no seriously. Do it

All i gotta say is, if youre sad at the time and needs to cry with a movie, this ones for you for sure, i really just got my sadness out with this. Loved it.

But lets not take the expectations down, because even though you dont feel for crying, this is for you too, great movie, and if you've seen the series "Young royals" You NEED to see this one too, its a must.

I gave it a 8 instead of 10, because i found it heartbreaking, and im not ALL in for that, otherwise it was a 100% worth watching, and i will probably watch it again.

Its well made and GREAATTTT actors.

To be honest I was so disappointed watching this movie, It was so boring I was expecting something else.

Nothing really happened other than the fact that her sister died at the beginning, which was really out of contact because we as viewers didn't get to know her as much.

It was such a waste of time, there are so many good movie other than that one.

I didn't really get all the hype about it.

The only good thing I would say is that fact that Edvin Ryding act in this film but again it wasn't enough in order to save the movie.

He only got a few scenes and that's all.

I would not recommend at all.