Protraph
Lack of good storyline.
PiraBit
if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.
Ortiz
Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
Nocturne
Wonderfully simple and touching film that perfectly gives flesh to the atmosphere of the poem Euphoria by Gunnar Ekelof. I read the poem after seeing the movie, but reading it before would be a good way to tell whether the film is for you. For me this was the first movie that I cried through beginning to end, it really shook me hard, felt extremely real and I could relate to every single character, especially Emilie. I suppose not everyone's life experience allows them to feel what this film presents, even though it's quite universal. It deals with the shaky ground between reconciliation and things left unsaid, weakness and strength, darkness and light, pain and avoidance. It makes you face the instinctive human fear of death in the most exquisitely gripping way. The structure and pace of the film were on point for me, the cast superb, as well as the minimalistic soundtrack - Bowie has the perfect vibe and mood for a cathartic experience as this one (or maybe it's just me being a fan). I went in with no expectations and ended up with a favorite movie and poem, which will be seen and read again and again.
Dusan Luigi Indjic
The movie is made around seemingly simple story, but also with depth into it.
Strange, bald and bizarre idea many will consider morbidly grotesque.
Strong and difficult subject many could connect to euthanasia controversy - time to die - not rarely being treated as taboo. From different points of view of someone close, story puts us into very personal self-reflecting processes put only into a few days left for characters to confront their fears and prices. While the movie explores it mostly through their different lives of two sisters and confronted paths. It also gives a viewer introspective and self-reflection.
Aside of shady intra-family relationships, there's an interesting spectrum of characters in the surrounding, showing how various and sometime even offensively different personal approaches to values, life and death can be.
Made me think how someone's deepest struggle can be trivial to other, plus these days ever opened question of: altruistic Goodness/Openness vs. egoistic Badness/Selfishness... "Is there justice?"; fear "A" vs. fear "B" - how the viewer can project through many "conceptual approaches to The Ending" and through self-reflections in this sort of presented "prolonged euthanasia" process.
I think the movie is a bit difficult and not for everyone's taste (simply too morbid and even grotesque so). But for others, it may put some hard thoughts into this ever-steep perspective. So as for me, may we come to the conclusion: that we should all be glad for what life gave us.
jeffheiden
These reviews look to be written by relatives of the cast..
The acting is bad and the execution is worse, shallow and passé as if the dialogue was written by a teen.
NOT worth the time.
Look up reviews elsewhere as I can't even be bothered to expend the energy to go in depth on how disappointed I was with this garbage.The norweigans have the upper hand in the movie industry any day in scandinavia, swedens movie industry is on about as high a level as their politics - straight down.
zolizolidus-35734
This one is so difficult to review and write about without spoiling it. I really like the story and all the actors show up and makes this an interesting story to follow. I never seen Eva Green in such a dark character like this. I really enjoy what she puts on the screen but many time I have to think when I watch the movie. Is that really her ? Charles Dance character is fantastic to watch. I really enjoy the talk he have with Alicia Vikanders character aside of his last scenes. The photo is pretty and the music works well. This aint a happy story to watch so if you are looking for something to cheer you up, this aint it. Im not much for taking sides in the controversial subject that this movie is about, but I figured that I really dont have to. I can sit down and just take in the movie as it is. I watched this at the Dragon in Göteborg at the Göteborg fesival and it was a great joy to listen to Alicia Vikander and Lisa Langseth doing a Q and A about the movie. This was the third movie with Alicia and Lisa working together and the fist international movie for Lisa.
