A Man Called Ove

"You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll flee new sympathy for the curmudgeons in your life"

Love The Movie. ❤

This is nominated for Oscar's Best Foreign Language Film. I enjoyed it - loved the character and the journey from isolation to interdependence to community. I give it a 9 (truly great) out of 10. They call it a comedy/drama, but the humour is from the everyday absurdity of human nature and how we live out life (or try to escape it). Great nomination, and, for me, this sets the bar as the one to beat in this category of the Oscar, but, I still have the other four nominees to see, and _The Salesman_ seems to be the front runner for the critics.

Really fucking good. I don't watch swedish movies very often(even though I am swedish), but when I do, THIS is what I want to see.
I'd recommend it to anyone.

Do you look into a tree trunk, look from the roof, climb onto a stool? It’s not as important as if life has lost its meaning. You’re old, everyone infuriates you with their inability, they don’t love you back. Only the cat smiles, they can’t do without you! Who can show What’s the right way? But it’s too early to die, we still have hygge things to do!

Loved this simple story. The acting and overall story telling was great. I will watch this again in a year or so for sure.

One of the best Swedish films of the modern era, you laugh and cry all through the film. I also really recommend reading the book by Fredrik Backman as it's a true masterpiece!

A FANTASTIC character drama (and a bit of a dark comedy).

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Finished the book just before starting the movie and was suprised by just how much I enjoyed them both.

Very enjoyable movie, watched it with a laugh and a tear.

Heartwarming and unexpectedly romantic, a good blend of dark comedy and drama. Great cast but a bit overacted and predictable. Non the less very warm and enjoyable that will tear you up if you are not overly cynical or a sociopath.