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A man called ove movie subtitles12/31/2023 This is a very good movie and worth seeing now on the BS. On the whole, I think the Writer/Director (Hannes Holm) did an excellent job. Lassgard's performance is terrific, and he deserves consideration for an Academy Award. An isolated retiree with strict principles and a short fuse. The film is about 15 minutes too long and overdoes Ove's obnoxious behavior, but it is still a heartwarming film with occasional very funny dark humor. Ove is the quintessential angry old man next door. Throughout the course of the film, via numerous interesting and emotionally-compelling flashbacks, we learn about Ove's marriage and other aspects of his life, primarily the multiple and tragic losses he has suffered. A new family moves in next door (a couple with two daughters) and the Iranian immigrant wife, Parvaneh (Bahar Pars), tries to become friends with Ove, a nearly-impossible task. He has turned into the "Soup Nazi" of the neighborhood, hassling the neighbors for violating various meaningless homeowners' association regulations. Fate, however, keeps interfering with his suicide attempts! He is bitter, angry, and driving everyone around him away. He is suicidal and longs to join Sonja in the afterlife. Ove (pronounced "Oh Vey," not "Oy Vey!" and played by Rolf Lassgard)'s beloved wife Sonja (Ida Engvoll) has died, but he is not handling it well. My close friend and movie buff Warren, however, really liked it, so I put it on the top of my list. This plot seemed like a re-hash of "Gran Torino" with Clint Eastwood, so I didn't have much interest in seeing it. The reviews stated it was about a crotchety old man who changes for the better with help from his neighbors. This film is an adaptation of Frederick Backman's best-selling novel of the same name. Throughout the course of the film, via numerous interesting and emotionally-compelling flashbacks, we learn about Ove’s marriage and other aspects of his life, primarily the multiple and tragic losses he has suffered. He has turned into the “Soup Nazi” of the neighborhood, hassling the neighbors for violating various meaningless homeowners’ association regulations.Ī new family moves in next door (a couple with two daughters) and the Iranian immigrant wife, Parvaneh (Bahar Pars), tries to become friends with Ove, a nearly-impossible task. Ove (pronounced “Oh Vey,” not “Oy Vey!” and played by Rolf Lassgard)’s beloved wife Sonja (Ida Engvoll) has died, but he is not handling it well. This plot seemed like a re-hash of “Gran Torino” with Clint Eastwood, so I didn’t have much interest in seeing it. This film is an adaptation of Frederick Backman’s best-selling novel of the same name.
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