Monday 20 January 2014

Sykt Lykkelig (Anne Sewitsky, 2010)

In the wintry Norwegian countryside, a couple with relationship issues latch onto their worldly new Danish neighbours and for all the wife's simple-minded notions that amorous couplings with anyone serve goodness just by being open, things get sticky before long in all too predictable ways.
Happy Happy is rather adolescent at heart, which is both an asset and a diminishing factor in its overt belief that people are daft and confused but their actions have no irreversible consequences. The overall result is a drama with comic overtones that sings out sweetness but doesn't ring true either. Still, at least there's no sanctimonious sermon behind its front.

5/10

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