Mind the Gap

It is a great feelgood movie with only some poor choice of sound designing here and there.

Watching quite some Helena Bergström movies where she is an actor there is a strong influence of her to be felt in it.

Which I like. It has a nice 'speed' as well.

Not too much Police Academy stuff in it, something I was a bit afraid of.

Very recommendable.

This is a film that is what we in Sweden call "småputtrig", i.e. it kind of just "simmers along", like a pot of stew on a stove. Its not going nowhere, and not much is really happening, except a bit of heating and the creation of small bubbles. Actually, this film also simmers on a rather low heating, a 4 out of 10 heating, that is. Its never above a 5 in the funniness respect.

As to tie together the story of two girls trying to get into the police academy in Stockholm, they get to become mavericks, tracking down a criminal in the silliest "Kalle Blomkvist" fashion imaginable. This lowers the whole film, a couple of extra degrees, and reduces its "småputtrighet".

One character misspeaks on the title of the movie (international one that is, which is the "mind the gap" I mention in my summary line) ... cynics may say that he doesn't actually misspeak. I wouldn't say that - but the joke and the opportunity to use it, is right there.

Having said that, we have an unlikely meeting and friendship here. Meeting may be a bit far stretched ... collision more like it. But of course it seems like it had to happen. Pacing is quite slow and the drama may not be as exciting for some as it is for others. But the acting is more than rock solid - and while you have to fight off some cliches, if you suspend your disbelief(s), you'll have some fun along the way. Obstacles included or is it gaps?

I feel that Helena Bergström has captured the Swedish society in an honest matter. Maybe she is able to due to the relation with Colin Nutley, who has also been put through oddities in order to adapt to the Swedish system.

It is picturing how hard it is for well educated immigrants (with for Swedes odd names) into Sweden to actually get to work with what they have been educated/trained to do. They usually end up in a cleaning-or construction-crew or as in the picture, an ice-cream-salesman, or in the case of the dad, a world famous Thorax-surgeon that ends up as a subway-operator. Also you learn that in Sweden, connections is everything. Without them you will not get very far!

She also captured the spontaneity and immaturity of many "tweenagers" in Sweden today, and did it in an entertaining way.

I liked this movie since I thought it was a funny entertaining movie with a deeper message and an honest screenshot of how it is in Sweden.

Swedish film about two young 20 year olds applying to be accepted into the police academy. They meet by chance and their lives intertwine as their friendship deepens.

One is a Turkish immigrant who's been here since the age of 12, when her father had to leave the country because he was accused of having operated on a dissident.

We have the Turkish family trying to assimilate into the new culture while the father gradually starts to accept his fate and finally starts to looks forward to a future in his chosen country of residence.

Waffling here to make the required character count. What a silly notion having to write six hundred character reviews about pointless films.