Menolippu Mombasaan

HI! I was in Finland last year and found this movie. I just tried it... And loved it. We were a team of student, in Finland, in Kauniainen, and all of us were just crazy about this movie. The day we all left Finland, we were singing the movie theme to wake up a friend of us...

And guess what, one year later I was in Mombasa, discovering Kenya. I would never had thought of Mombasa without having seen this movie!

Few movies give you the taste of happiness, and what taking care about all the single moment of your life means! Like the guy before said, it's not just about a guy who's gonna die, it about life!

Bye! Jules.

Menolippu Mombasaan is good movie no doubt about it!But the sad thing is that it's only couple of steps from being truly mangnificent

The flaws

1.The script is too naive.But it's also funny and emotional! 2.The fact that the two main characters has a cancer is too much in the backround!!

But what is great

1.The cinematography!Especially in the end when three main characters are on the beach!That's great! 2.The fact that characters talks like REAL people would! 3.The humor is great!!

I recommend this movie!Don't underestimate Finnish cinema!It has became better and better so please support it!

I just saw this movie from Estonian TV channel. I didn't seen it from start, but i started when Pete went to operation and came back with bald-headed & then everything started with humor and action. I really think its greatest Finnish movie over long time. I even got some unwanted tears at end of movie, because of the happy end with death :) That movie can be much better if you can understand Finnish and don't need subtitles, because some jokes and sentences are hard to translate. Here was some whimpering comments about this movie, but i think that problem was about understanding. Now i go to find that movie on DVD and also that great soundtrack.

I rated this film 8 since it does have some brilliant qualities in its Finnish context. However, for some reason there has been a great number of youth-oriented films lately and this in one of them. And therefore, more mature audiences might find it a little tacky.

However, acting, writing, production, directing and filming are all of a high to top standard. The storyline has depth in searching for the meaning for the life of two soon-to-die-too-young guys who decide to cease the moment which is to be the rest of their lives.

A previous comment sounded very disappointed due to over-sized publicity campaign etc. which, unfortunately is true in today's Finnish cinema effectively in hands of a single production company of Selin. Still I would say that out of the three mentioned contemporary Finnish films (the others being Pahat Pojat and Levottomat3) Mombasa can be told to be Worlds apart.

I hope that we'll hear from the makers of this film soon again and perhaps for more mature audience, too. It's good to have a heart in film industry these days.

This is my first to be fortunate enough to watch a Finnish film. Its a yearly event here in Cebu, Philippines to showcase different films from Europe sponsored by the European Union and the Arts Council of the Philippinese. This has been a must-seen-event every year that my sisters have been following. This is my first time to avail to this wonderful opportunity to explore the world of film from different countries.

I must comment on the location of the film. Its WONDERFUL. Would love to go and see it first hand. My sisters and i just love the soundtrack. on the way out of the theatre we couldn't help but sing the music 'mombasa'. The actors were great as well. They project a typical teenage life. It also expose how people in Finland go bout courtship, the gigs, and life in Finland. I must say that i am also fascinated with the Finnish language. very interesting.

i am still looking for the soundtrack to put it in my mobile as a ring tone ^_^