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Summary: OMG, it's brilliant!
Review: This movie is quite possibly the best movie I've ever seen. It gave me butterflies throughout, and I was constantly captivated by how well the dialogue of high schoolers was captured (even in another language!) I absolutely loved the grainy resolution; it added a realness that glossy film just can't capture. I also gained so much insight into the characters simply by what was shown while they were alone. The girls are adorable and Rebecca is heartbreaking as Agnes. The movie is worth watching simply for the acting, but the story is beautifully simple and lacking in any cliche. I watched it twice in a row in one night...
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Summary: Didn't like it
Review: I think I'm quite possibly the only person who truly dislikes this film. Both main characters annoy me. I really don't like either of them, and I don't see anything "real" about their relationship. Maybe I'm overly cynical, but I saw it as two girls with a shallow relationship which wouldn't last two weeks. I should probably watch it again, since everyone likes it so much, and see if I missed something, but honestly, I wouldn't recommend anyone watching it the first time.
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Summary: Vintage Moodysson...
Review: Show Me Love is a fantastic Swedish import from 1998. It is a simple, warm-hearted story about two young girls living in a small, remote town in Sweden ("Amal"). As they fight boredom and peer pressure, popularity differences and the stigma of homosexual love, the two sense an attraction, but for a long time, don't know what to do about it, if anything, and/or how to deal with the feelings that crop up.Really though, this film is for everyone. It is more about being yourself (becoming yourself?), and being true to yourself, and following your heart, no matter who you are, or who you love. I highly recommend this movie, and it is truly one of my favorites! If you liked this one, see Together! Also a great film. Five stars.
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Summary: Best Lesbian Movie I've seen so far
Review: Even with the subtitles, which I usually find annoying, this is hands down the best Lesbian movie I've seen. It beats anything we've filmed in the States, and takes Better than Chocolate because of its re-watchability. The end is happy, the shame is minimal, and the bitchy girls get their due.
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Summary: Heartbreakingly Great
Review: It's a simple plot - two star crossed Swedish teens from different walks of life fall for each other and face the disapproval of the mean ol' world - but it's turned into a perfect movie. That Agnes and Elin are both girls adds political weight, but the film is so much bigger than gender issues. Somehow, the director, Lukas Moodysson, cuts through all the turgid, [junky] sentiment of American movies and captures the pain and heartache of being a teenager without any artifice, leaving something far more wonderful in its wake. It makes other "serious" teen movies, especially Baz Luhrman's version of Romeo & Juliet, look like they were directed by Michael Bay. As perfect as perfect gets.
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Summary: FIVE
Review: this film totally woke up my belief for movies and their power when they're well done. every each detail in this movie 100% real. no half-stepping. i watched it yesterday and i'm still stoked...
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Summary: My Favourite Movie Ever
Review: This is one of those "Real Movies" not those Hollywood pattern stuff, but the Real kind.. the Honest, Beatiful, and Strong kind.
I saw it for the first time when I was about 14, I still watch it now, almost 2 years later.
Amal, is like everywhere else - the Boring-so-it-makes-u-scream small town or a big yet sleeping city, and in any place there are the "Agnes" type (Myself, i must admit-without the suicide longing though..)and the "Elin" type.
It deals with all those, dare I say it?, "teenage problems" without being just a teen movie... I guess thats why its special, at least to me.
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Summary: Good Story
Review: I saw this movie on HBO, and was mostly interested in the lesbian aspect at first. That turned out to be a waste of time, but the movie was actually quite good. What really caught me was how real it all felt. There were girls like both Elin and Agnes in my high school, and the way Elin was treated both for her suspected lesbianism and general unpopularity was all too true. I liked the angle of the popular girl (Agnes)finding herself in a position like that, where she faces some of the same adversity and questions that Elin does. This movie I'd recommend to anyone who likes foreign films, or that independent-style coming-of-age flick.
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Summary: Moving, funny and real
Review: This film is one of the best films I have seen for a long time. It depicts being a teenager in its true colour and steers clear of cliches we would normally find in a Hollywood teen movie. This is a very moving and emotional film and funny in places. I don't think I want to watch another American teen movie again as I would only compare it to the brilliamce of this one and it would not compare in the slightest. American teen movies are unrealistic, Show Me Love is a real and truly fnatastic film. 5 stars all the way.
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Summary: Wonderfully Sweet but Amazingly Real
Review: This movie captures how teenagers interact and feel in a way that bigger budget Hollywood movies never do. I felt that I was observing real teenagers with all their screwed up emotions, disfunctional relationships and silly world views. I was drawn to the character Agnes, wonderfully portrayed by Rebecca Liljeberg, in a way that one is drawn to those rare characters in exceptional books, characters who stay with you long after you have finished reading. I find that connection to be very rare with necessarily more superficial movie characters. If she was an American actress, Rebecca would probably become one of those instant teenage icons, release a CD, design clothing, etc. For her sake it is probably better that she is Sweedish.
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