PHILOSOPHICAL AND HEAVY

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Scandinavians just love family drama and ”Oslo, 31^st of August” is one of those classical heavy stories from the North of Europe.

Joachim Trier's flick follows one day in the life of an ex-drug addict Anders and his attempts to redeem himself with his family, friends and lovers. Camera is shaking really hard in the classical „dogma style”, while the conversations are stark and painful for everyone in the script.

Andersn Danielsen Lie does his time on the big screen well, as well as the other actors of this small European production.

”Oslo, 31^st of August” is an Scandinavian classic and a recommendation for the heavy drama genre lovers. Everyone else, STOP!

OSLO, 31st OF AUGUST - 6/10

FAILED SCANDINAVIAN NOIR

Desolation, brutality, dark humor. Basic ingredients of every successful Scandinavian noir thriller, when skillfully mixed together.

„In the order of disappearance” has all the above mentioned, but not in the right amount and scale. Brutal crime is there, motif of father’s (Stellan Skarsgard) revenge as well. Humor is where the script tends to deviate into banality, only to totally collapse after the appearance of the Serbian mobsters led by Bruno Ganz and Sergej Trifunović.

From then on and all the way to the tragicomic finale, „In the order of disappearance” is just begging you to „disappear it” from your hard drive/player due to its shallow and caricature unfolding and acting.

Heavy failure, despite the great atmosphere of desolated Norwegian snowy landscape.

IN THE ORDER OF DISSAPEARANCE - 3/10