Lukas Moodysson's career intrigues because he started with light fare like this one, then after the more serious Tillsammans / Together came with the very bleak Lilya 4-ever and went a little overboard with his uncompromising Ett hål i mitt hjärta / A hole in my heart which is so extreme it can almost only be seen at film festivals. They all have in common that they have their heart at the right place and are all socially engaged. Whatever the form the message is still a positive one.
Fuc*ing Åmål (funny to see the reaction at the box-office after pronouncing the title as if you're entering a porn movie and strange that IMDb states the full title but censors us in using it) started it all and has the grainy look we're familiar with from Dogme-movies. The sociology of high school is well presented and because all of us have gone through this it is easy to identify with any of the characters. The positive message is simply to be yourself no matter what others might think (which often takes courage).
On repeated viewings this offers little extras. This is not a movie where you keep on discovering things or layers in the story.
Fuc*ing Åmål (funny to see the reaction at the box-office after pronouncing the title as if you're entering a porn movie and strange that IMDb states the full title but censors us in using it) started it all and has the grainy look we're familiar with from Dogme-movies. The sociology of high school is well presented and because all of us have gone through this it is easy to identify with any of the characters. The positive message is simply to be yourself no matter what others might think (which often takes courage).
On repeated viewings this offers little extras. This is not a movie where you keep on discovering things or layers in the story.