8/10
Brilliant pure, clean, natural warm dramedy that even out-does its fine Hollywood remake
7 June 2023
Warm dramedy "A Man Called Otto" is a gem, but the original it was based on (2015's "A Man Called Ove") is EVEN better - pure, clean & perfectly naturally charming (epitomising Sweden, where it hailed from). Rolf Lassgård excels as the titular curmudgeonly old widower trying by constantly interrupted suicide attempts to join his recently deceased wife (Ida Engvoll in flashback, with Filip Berg as young Lassgård (both excellent))... until the persitent (tho not saccharine) camaraderie of neighbours like Bahar Pars (and family) wear him down, and bring out his best (again). Writer / director Hannes Holm played an absolute blinder - even out-doing his Hollywood remakers.
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