stephencheevers

this was awful and horrible written piece of Hugh grant for females type of rubbish the two female characters have not got a heart and the husband who is dumped was written as a Mr. nice guy instead of a pompous asshole which didn't make the audience be on the side of the two main characters.

If you want the perfect lesbian film watch Lukas Moodysson's F**king Amal or SHOW ME LOVE as its known in the English speaking world for the most touching and uplifting without it been cheesy love story and the couple in the film are great although they have their flaws, its without the best film on Lesbains i've seen.

"I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS" by FOREIGNER? how could this overblown 80's ballad soundtrack one of the most touching and romantic scenes of the last few years and work,well that what makes F**king AMAL,Lukas Moodysson debut film his most joyous and heartfelt film, it's his greatest film(yes, even better then Lilya 4-ever and Together)but in my opinion his most underrated too.

What makes this is best film, well for starters this movie has probably the best teenage cast ever and not a single twenty something like in Amercian teen movies are in sight, the leads Alexandra Dahlstrom as Elin has the toughest part as her character changes from selfish cool girl into lovelorn girl who'll throw it all away for love, she's great as Elin and hasn't really since F**king Amal been able to escape Elin and has been typecast in films since, and last i hear-ed is starring in a dutch soap,pity as she has talent.But for me she overshadowed by Rebecka Liljiberg as Agnes, the best parts of the movie are the first 42 minutes when its mostly Agnes and Elin and the last ten minutes when they come out of the closet and the o'boy scene, but between then Rebecka is kind of pushed to the side and the film suffers when she's not around, she pulls are heart strings and never lets go, for example the way she acts with her face reminds me of Anna Karina in her early Godard roles especially in the scene when Elin kisses her and then finds out it was a joke,so sad that it made this grown guy cry.She 's so great in this film like Alexandra she hasn't really produced anything to match her role here and has become a mother of two and a doctor but come on hasn't any top director not seen these two girls and not want to hire them.

Moodysson shouldn't be ignored either his screenplay is the best written about teenagers and parents too.The dogma style camera work is excellent too and keeps it fresh and kind of cool.

So what keeps this film from been a ten star film well as Rebecka is perfect in her role as a loner it's just a pity that she is so cute and good looking and in my eyes actually better looking then Alexandra,that you just don't buy her as a outcast but thats being too picky.Also the film is way too short that you wished had at least another twenty minutes added onto it as some plot lines hadn't been wrapped up,Did Jessica dump MArkus and get with Johan,Did Agnes forgive her mother,The coming out to the parents would have been a interesting storyline, it wouldn't have harmed the film in my eyes.

Although F**king Amal won Four Swedish Oscars and bet TITANIC at the box-office, it hasn't traveled too well outside Sweden compared to Moodysson following two films for starters it took six years to reach these shores as a d.v.d and only as a part of the Moodysson Box Set,also Moodysson himself hasn't exactly been kind to the film that gave him a career in the film industry he's been dismissive of it in interviews over the years also he is probably living in the shadow of his debut film in Sweden and probably hates the fact that his arty films haven't done as well.

This is his film that will stand as his most commercial and enjoyable film to date and if he goes on making unsuccessful films box office wise he might have to return to his first film and make a sequel which i'm hoping for.

you must look at this short in the context of its director/writers Lukas Moodysson's career, without it he wouldn't have got to make F**king Amal.Actually this short and storyline was actually apart of the first few drafts of the F**king Amal script, the film would have been a slasher flick instead of the touching love story, based around Elin and Jessica finding out that their next door neighbor is a killer, and basically Agnes would have been a sub plot instead of a main character. I for one would like to see that version of the script. the performance of the old lonely man is top notch although the end is a bit over the top, just like a lot of Moodysson's career.