The Worst Person in the World

I loved it so much

I believe this film does a wonderful job at capturing that late-20's anxiety. It's a period of your life where life becomes less limitless, and you begin to realize that the choices you make have long-term consequences. Julie seems to be weighed down by this.

You go through life and a half with Julie.

A somewhat lucid slice-of-life experience that chronicles the loves and life events of one indecisive 30 year old.
The Worst Person in the World manages to evoke the feeling of looking through the mental scrapbook of our lives; the one we all flip through after a milestone birthday or large life event. The feeling of quickly summarising large swathes of your life into the most poignant (and in some cases mundane) moments that stick with you forever. It was moving, touching, challenging and dare I say real(?) in its portrayal of navigating a contemporary relationship in modern life. It also made me realise the stark differences between a tiny generational gap of those in their 30s and those in their 40s. [spoiler]The juxtaposition of Aksels friend circle to Einvinds made it all the more jarring, and was shown without emphasis to great effect. Aksels all discussing settling down/family events while Einvinds are setting up Instagram pages, taking mushrooms, putting off having kids for environmental reasons and working service jobs well into their 30s. [/spoiler] It's eye-opening, if a little depressing as I find myself turning 30 in the not too distant future.
There was much here I resonated with, many lessons I learned from the characters and a few quotes to boot. This feels like a movie that will sit with me for much longer than I anticipate, but I'll be happy it did every time I think about it. If I can manage to shake the existential dread it brings me that is.

This is exactly the kind of film that moves me. Equal parts simple and intentionally imperfect, focusing on an universal human experience of not knowing what the fuck we’re doing.

I do agree that I would have loved to have more of Julie being single - when she breaks up with Aksel she says that the big issue is that she doesn’t think she can stand on her own and that’s why they need to separate, only to then immediately enter into another relationship. I guess in the end we see that she has indeed found peace in herself, no appendices, but I think it would have been great to see more of that.

Above all, I relate heavily to Julie and am really glad this film exists.

Totally reccomend this one worths your time. 7.7/10

One of the things that I love about this movie is that it doesn't imply that any of the leads are necessarily the worst person in the world. Of course the title itself is an exaggeration as there is no worst person in the world. I think what the movie does so well is show that at different times we all (intentionally or not!) put our worst foot forward. I've dated people that thought I was the greatest guy in the world and others that would hang up if I called. The film asks us to think about the very nature of relationships. What do we owe the other person?

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I really didn't expected a Norwegian movie would end with an english version of Águas de Março by Tom Jobim and Elis Regina.

the latter half is so good it's probably 9. the beginning kinda feel draggy and hard to watch

The title of this film is misleading. I can name at least four people worse than her.