OK 5 stars, but this is becos I am no longer attracted to "romantic" or charming films, so says more about me than the film. Saw this on free-to-air TV last week. A very sweet & charming film with an endearing heroine, beautifully played. Mia, who is very lovely (dunno what Finnish definition of beauty is), has such low self-esteem that her personality is submerged beneath her need to "fit in" with her bitchy female friends & her sexually exploitative boyfriend. In this well written & cleverly crafted "rites of passage" film, her desperation with her situation finally blossoms into nihilistic anger; which - rather than being off-putting - actually has the opposite effect on her life. The film traces this effect on her various relationships - with her aging hippy parents, her feminist vegan girlfriends, her bourgeois faux-punk drummer boyfriend, potential new guy & most unexpectedly of all, the troubled youth her socially committed parents are fostering. The film has many comic moments & cleverly satirizes the self-consciously hip & politically correct members of society. Mia is adorable - tiny, energetic & bouncy - & stays in your mind long after the film ends. And yes, the film does contain the F word. Like half the programmes on telly & most films. (Remember 4 Weddings etc.) See it!!!
Review of Fröken Sverige
