the 40-plussaren Robert works as a taxi driver, but really wants to be a photographer. He has a wife and children, but dreams about her first love who is a movie star in New York city. Everyday is evenly grey, despite the fact that the sun constantly shines on Södermalm in Stockholm. On the street, he sees suddenly a annonsskylt for a large travel company, with a very attractive offer. In his face matures a purchasing decision.
it Sounds romantic? It is anyway one of the scenes – and an example of the reklamfilmstydliga embodiment, in Staffan lindberg’s ”Happier, no one can be” a dull kärleksbuffé which happen to have tour agency in question as a sponsor. There are more sponsors, which has a prominent place in the set design, but the product placement is still not the biggest problem with the ”Happier, no one can be”.
Lindberg think about Richard Curtis ”Love actually” so much that he wants to make an own version, with a proper cramming of romantic entanglements. The associations go to the svenskversioner of English-language hits – think Siw Malmkvists ”I like dancing” (”I love to love”) or Gösta Linderholms ”the Old road” (”Take me home, country roads)”. But with the difference that the blue and yellow of the copy, lacking any trace of home-spun charm. It reminds rather of a sterilized pastiche, without either humor or passion.
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Among the film’s handful of love stories is the taxi driver and the movie star the major. Helena af sand berg is unable to be bad, and manage to almost shake the life in a few scenes, but David Hellenius is obvious felcastad as Robert. He is known for spreading good mood and television presenter and has also been good at playing the happy, in Staffan lindberg’s earlier film ”Summer with Goran”, ”once upon A time in Phuket” and ”Micke & Veronica”.
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”Happier, no one can be” he gets the most to walk around and see the sickened out, because of their child. ”It feels like I’m about to go broke,” he explains to his wife, with approximately the same sad expression as if he’s forgotten to empty the dishwasher.
Lindberg have decided to make their most mike vernon movie to date, a film that takes love seriously. ”Happier, no one can be” want to tell me about romantic longing like a mirage and if fate’s ruthless lottery, but falls flat. The misplaced darkness in the rara meeting between Kjell bergqvist with and Monica Albornoz aged dog people, whose leash crosses in the yard, cut against the glossy surface.
Christopher Wagelin is fun in a supporting role as the flames pojklagstränare, which recites Karin Boye before kick-off, but otherwise, the film is renons of entertaining whim. If you don’t count the laughable end when it of course should be booked charter to Magaluf. Turn in all cases to any get value for money.
See more: Three other Swedish romantic comedy ”a guy and A girl” (1975), ”Fucking Åmål” (1998) and ”Jalla! Jalla!” (2000).
