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I LOVED This; Have Other Scandinavian Comedy Suggestions?

posted 13 years ago by film_ophile
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I have seen as many of Anders Thomas Jensen's films as are available to me in the Boston area. I am such a big fan of his sense of humor and his outlook on life. I would love you to direct me to other scandinavian comedies, but first, please look at the scandinavian comedies that I have seen and liked so far:
Mifune's Last Song
Adam's Apples (maybe this is not really a comedy; but I did laugh a lot in it)
The Green Butchers
In China They Eat Dogs
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself(not really a scandinavian film, but jensen wrote the screenplay)
The New Tenants
Elling
Kitchen Stories
Italian for Beginners

I know that jensen has written dramas and I have also seen and liked a lot of them, but I just want to focus on comedies, written by jensen or anyone else, in this thread. Thanks much for your help.

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[–] hinkemulde 13 years ago

Try Old Men in New Cars, which is actually kind of a prequal to In China They Eat Dogs

[–] PerOlander 13 years ago

not kind of - a direct prequal. Though not as good as the original.
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regarding other danish movies, I suggest the following:

Nattevagten - thriller which was later remade in Hollywood
Fukssvansen - very black and *beep* comedy
Bænken - a drama about an alcoholic, living his life off a bench
Festen - the only danish movie on top 250 in here, and it won the jury price in Cannes
Oldboys - this movie is very underacted, and it really nails the typical danish dad/uncle/granddad with the worst sense of humor ever, that you nomatter how much you hate it, still love!
Nordkraft - a movie about drug addicts, you could in some way compare it to Trainspotting

[–] kleptomanie2009 13 years ago

Tillsammans, Kopps, Brúðguminn.

Love to see other recommendations as well

edit.

Come to remember, I heard Jalla Jalla was well recieved but I haven't seen it yet

[–] Tigerdyr2004 12 years ago

Also try another Swedish film called "Farsan". Very funny actually. Also "Alle For En" (All For One), and Orla Frøsnapper (Orla the Frogsnapper/Frogeater), although I don't know if it comes with English subs.

[–] kr1z 12 years ago

Pusher trilogy

We like to get *beep*ed up and do *beep*ed up s**t.

[–] chilone 10 years ago

Another Swedish film *beep* Up" (seriously) is very good. Similar to this but less comedy. Funny that they will post a movie with that name but you get beeped writing about it so I had to spell it wrong lol!!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2201063/?ref_=nv_sr_4

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[–] MrVibrating 9 years ago

Pushing for you to watch Roy Andersson's movies. They are very, very, very black comedy, showing a very exaggerated but accurate picture of Sweden. He is truly something special. Check out "You, the Living".

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[–] omtomramoa 8 years ago

I'm 5 years late here - but if you enjoyed "Blinkende lygter" (flickering lights), you will absolutely also like "De skrigende halse" (screaming throats). It was a TV-movie that was hard to come by for many years - but its available now on DVD. It's hilarious and stars some of the same people.

[–] gasivodo 7 years ago

#omtomramoa: NOPE! Not the same! ..og NEJ, det ER det sgu' ik'!