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What's the point of this movie??


I watched this movie on netflix because I like foreign movies and don't mind subtitles. I really don't get the point this movie was attempting to make. I didn't invest in any of the characters or the relationship between the two leads. The subplot with the little girl got a little uncomfortable with her and Sebastian in the bed. A little girl crush on a older family member is all innocent at that age, but the stomach rubbing made me reach for my remote in case the scene ventured into dark waters.

Overall, I wouldn't recommend this movie nor would I watch it again. It wasn't horrible, but it wasn't good either.

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Fortunately, the older cousin, Sebastian, was very appropriate and handled the situation the way it was supposed to be handled.

As far as the point of the movie, it might be an oversimplification to say that it's essentially a female coming of age movie. For some reason, when films of this nature depict guys coming of age everyone "gets it". Yet this film seems to have lost people in the dust. Personally, I found the tension and the non-linear evolution of the plot to be engaging and enjoyable. I seem to be in the minority here, however. Most viewers and critics seemed to find it meandering and ineffective in getting its point(s) across. Some films make you think; some films make you feel; some films do both. This film did both for me. In particular, I appreciated the masterful way in which it handled very controversial and potentially exploitative issues.

"Love isn't what you say or how you feel, it's what you DO". (The Last Kiss)

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Great film. There were aspects of the relationship between the older girls I could identify with - especially trying to figure out how to deal with a friend who was a little bit *too* feely touchy but I think she was just trying to figure out her sexuality.

As for the younger sister, Sara, I wasn't very alarmed at all at her emergent sexuality. There was such an innocence about her that it was not at all disturbing. It would have been very alarming of course if Sebastian had taken advantage of her curiosity but he acted the way most men would (I hope) and defined the boundaries.

Your discomfort says more about you than the film I think. I don't mean that in a bad or insulting way but the film wasn't trying to show you anything to shock you or catch you out. I thought it was pretty true to life and reminded me of my very normal and well balanced upbringing.

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It's a Swedish film, they don't need to make sense, unfortunately. I'm Swedish so I know.

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The problem is that the movie did not want to have a point, its only one uncomfortable scene after another uncomfortable scene. I did not want us to think about life or coming-of-age, it wanted only to distrube. That should not be the point of art.

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