Hip hip hora!

I'm not going to waste more than one paragraph on this rubbish. It's just one of those movies, among many, that make you ashamed to be Swedish. Why do we have to put up with steaming crap like this, let alone praise it? It's NOT realistic, it's merely a Swedish remake of the equally pseudo-shocking "Thirteen", only with a dumber sense of humour and minus the hotness of Evan Rachel Wood. The plot is dull, the jokes are mind-numbing (not to mention incredibly awkward and out of place in a movie which supposedly portrays teenage life as it really is), the performances sub-par. I don't know what else to say except don't see this and watch Torkel i Knipa instead. It's a movie about teenage life which is easier to relate to, much funnier, and oh, it doesn't suck. Unsurprisingly that film came from Denmark, a country which is so much better at movie-making than Sweden, it's embarrassing.

This film deals with many problems that teenagers go through growing up. These are dealt with in a realistic way, unlike Hollywood films where everybody rides around in BMW's and dresses in designer clothes. The actress that plays the lead in the film gives a stunning performance. The film does contain a few clichés, but if it was not for these I do not think it would of become so popular and probably never released outside of Finland. The music really sets the tone for the piece and captures the zeitgeist. I think both the director and some of the actors have bright futures ahead of them. Go and see this film and decide what you think.

A wonderful movie about the teenage girl Sofie that has just started high school and walks into the world of growing up. Sofie goes to a party where she and her friends gets a little bit too much to drink, especially Sofie that falls asleep. While Sofie is sleeping some guys from school is taking pictures of her naked under her skirt. The next day when she wakes up and goes to school she find out that everybody is calling her for a whore and talking lies and bullshit behind her back. Not even her friends are helping her anymore, she lost it all. Its a beautiful movie about being a teenager and learning about friendship and love. Just have to see it!!

'Hip Hip Hora' is a Swedish movie with a good message - but it does not have what it takes to succeed into the viewers hearts. It reminds a whole lot of "Fucking Åmål", who is also a movie about the teenage youth, the search of who you really are and everything who comes with it. This piece feels like a wannabe piece of "Fucking Åmål", less attractive but with the same message bound into a different story with different characters. The worst thing is that I think the main actress really sucks, but instead all other actors around her do their job supreme, big up's for unknown actors who completes their task like this! In general, it felt like a Hollywood piece and I'm not going to see this one again. OK it's worth it's shot, it has a good message but it lacks that magic that makes us remember it.

I saw this movie a couple of days ago with my girlfriend and I must say it is sad but true. The movie that is directed by Teresa Fabik shows that she knows what she is talking about, it's sad and chocking that the society is like this (at least in Sweden). The movie tells the truth that nobody wants to talk about, how girls in schools (not only in schools) have to find themselves as sexual objects that boys/men can do what they please with and then get away with it as common behavior.

I would urge all schools in Sweden to show this movie in an educational purpose. I would rate this movie 10/10 no doubt about it.