I actually enjoyed this film. The tone of the movie resembles old westerns where the thriller aspects move slowly towards the end resolution. Not to give away any spoilers, but Saija Lentonen does incredible role performance as Jaana and Jarkko Nyman surprises with his lead character Tommi. Everybody knows Nyman from his soap opera background, so I didn't expect too much, but he turned out to be a brilliant actor. I believe this is also Nyman's first lead role in a feature film...
Juha Veijonen makes a comeback on the big screen, which is fun to see. Anu Sinisalo is always great in every role that she takes on and naturally Heikki Kinnunen does a solid performance.
All in all, I think the film had an interesting drama storyline and very different from majority of Finnish movies. All the characters had a background story, so the viewer really has to pay attention to what is happening.
It's very different from what people are expecting to see and I think this is one of those movies that you either love it or hate it.
As the film is about triangle-affairs, then you would expect to see a lot of nudity, sex on camera, cheesy jokes and all that other material which is almost 90% of Finnish movies, but if this is what you are after then don't waste your time because this is not the movie for you. BUT if you're into stories that dig deeper into human behavior and move further with drama and slowly building suspension then go and see it.
As a movie I think it falls to the same category as David Fincher's Gone Girl with Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike and I gave that movie 10 stars. Both are very character focused and surprising.
Juha Veijonen makes a comeback on the big screen, which is fun to see. Anu Sinisalo is always great in every role that she takes on and naturally Heikki Kinnunen does a solid performance.
All in all, I think the film had an interesting drama storyline and very different from majority of Finnish movies. All the characters had a background story, so the viewer really has to pay attention to what is happening.
It's very different from what people are expecting to see and I think this is one of those movies that you either love it or hate it.
As the film is about triangle-affairs, then you would expect to see a lot of nudity, sex on camera, cheesy jokes and all that other material which is almost 90% of Finnish movies, but if this is what you are after then don't waste your time because this is not the movie for you. BUT if you're into stories that dig deeper into human behavior and move further with drama and slowly building suspension then go and see it.
As a movie I think it falls to the same category as David Fincher's Gone Girl with Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike and I gave that movie 10 stars. Both are very character focused and surprising.
