A friend who's studying art in Finland sent me a copy of this movie which I ended up watching with several buddies here. Basically, it's a low-key kind of film where the story takes back seat to character development.
I mean two guys Remo and Asmo are working together dreaming of major partnership and a future and then one of them (the tougher more cynical of the 2) puts an ad in the personals for meeting a woman. The lady who responds lives with her mom and takes care of everyone around her. Being lonely, she does respond to the ad - even though she's skeptical. The guy is a bit scared that she may turn out to be a dog (as in "what kind of woman would ever answer an ad by someone like me") and so he sends his buddy on the date to check her out - clearly, this guy falls head over heels. Of course, this causes problems between the 2 guys at the end and questions both their loyalty - needless to say, much ensues.
But that is not the central thing in the film - for me, it was the very coolly written dialogue which highlighted intimidation in seemingly casual 'talking'. The script is pretty cool because in scenes you don't expect you suddenly get this Mamet-style flurry of sharp conversation. And then, the visuals, they are like from a laid back type of indie film more like Wenders style. The mix between the really funny and fast dialogue and this kind of stark visual world makes for great viewing. Besides, the actors are fun to watch. My friend sent me a version which was subtitled in Swedish, luckily my girlfriend's from Malmo and I took courses so I got most of it. Make sure you get a copy with English subs though... in case you don't speak any of the Scandinavian languages.
