This is a somewhat disturbing film. I disagree with the discription - there is no humour in it, it is more like a raw fragmented portrait of the 3 men, well 2 men and a boy.. The boy Harald is being raised by an aggressive sociopatic mother and becomes more an more excluded..
The young man Emil feels he is being excluded by society and treated very unfair - he is unable to see things from others perspective and strongly believes that the moral values of society are falling, without seing his own lack of moral, hustling his mother - attempting blackmail - apparently attempting a rape without a plan.
The older man Petter fails to realize how aggressive he is, again without the ability to see things from other than his perspective. He believed in old masculine values and Norwegian historical greatness. He sees women as a threat he is unable to match or even understand - he is a dinosaur without any strength left.
My understanding of this movie is that it portraits 3 pieces of the tragic monster Breivik - without even mentioning him. Except for the indirect "Him" the title. To me, it does this subtle and makes its point well. The film owes a lot to great actors - they all perform very well!
But my conclusion is that the theme - an investigation of a monster is TOO subtle. Am I the only one who sees it this way? Still I give it 6 stars, under the selfconfident assumption that I "get it" and if so it is a well done and played unsentimental investigation of "him".
The older man Petter fails to realize how aggressive he is, again without the ability to see things from other than his perspective. He believed in old masculine values and Norwegian historical greatness. He sees women as a threat he is unable to match or even understand - he is a dinosaur without any strength left.
My understanding of this movie is that it portraits 3 pieces of the tragic monster Breivik - without even mentioning him. Except for the indirect "Him" the title. To me, it does this subtle and makes its point well. The film owes a lot to great actors - they all perform very well!
But my conclusion is that the theme - an investigation of a monster is TOO subtle. Am I the only one who sees it this way? Still I give it 6 stars, under the selfconfident assumption that I "get it" and if so it is a well done and played unsentimental investigation of "him".
