A Man Called Ove (En man som heter Ove)

— Based on Fredrik Backman’s best seller, this is a very enjoyable film as well as a decent story of redemption. Ove is the typical curmudgeon who lives the neighborhood, but this film really has some great dark humor amidst some fairly conventional poignancy without insufferable sentimentality, along with a cat that deserves a best acting award. Running throughout is a thread on the importance of community and diversity, of acceptance, and of moving forward, but as much as anything, it’s really just a fun story even if it uses multiple suicide attempts to move the story along. It’s easy to laugh out loud at some of the film’s situations, something I’m all for in this kind of film.

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[2015. 116 min. Directed by Hannes Holm. Starring Rolf Lassgard, Bahar Pars, and Zozan Akgun.]
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/a-man-called-ove-review-932604