Stupid Young Heart (2018) User Reviews

Meh..

[savinainenpihla · 5/10 · 10 June 2021]

I read the book and watched the trailer, it was obvious it was about teenage pregnancy and Finnish teen culture. When I watched it, I didn't except there to be a subplot about racism in Helsinki and I honestly just didn't care that much during the movie and waited to see Kiira again. The story is overall pretty good and the acting is passable. I love the soundtrack but the writing is a bit..poor. Also why was there a sex scene between underage actors on camera?? And what was the ending? It felt underwhelming that we just see the baby, no complications, these two fifteen year olds are just gonna get their own home and raise the baby no problem? I would've loved to see the aftermath of the birth of the baby and show that having children wasn't sunshine and rainbows.

Dumb kids making more dumb kids

[deloudelouvain · 6/10 · 16 April 2019]

Stupid Young Heart isn't a bad movie if you like to watch stupid, not well educated youngsters having kids like it's a new toy. Their (childish) vision on society is between utopic and very narrow minded, leading to racism and xenophobia, and alot of bad decisions. In short nothing to be too surprised about as every big city has it's rough neighborhoods, Helsinki isn't spared of that. The story is well shot, the actors aren't bad at all concidering their young age. The movie is fine to watch once, but I don't need to watch those same dumb characters a second time.

Run of the mill gritty Finnish drama

[ommik · 3/10 · 12 January 2020]

The good thing about this movie is that it looks and feels realistic. The bad side is that it's very basic and predictable when it tries to touch every possible social problem. If you're interested in gritty side of Helsinki, I'd recommend a documentary like Hilton!

Modern take on teen pregnancy and European society

[mattioskarisaarinen · 9/10 · 27 December 2018]

This movie was fantastic. It's a modern, European take on teen pregnancy based around notoriously rough Eastern Helsinki, which is known for its deprived lifestyle, where mostly unemployed people living on welfare and newcomer immigrants are trying to success day by day.

The movie itself had great actors and realistic play on young teens life which isn't made cringeworthy by exaggerating teen slang, which is usually sadly seen on American teen dramas. The usage of non-mainstream Finnish songs made the movie more refreshing and combined with good graphics the movie was really nice to follow along.

Gritty

[svader · 1/10 · 9 August 2022]

Boring and non engaging. The only thing gritty about this is the already done on numerous occasions storyline.

I didn't care for the characters and their stupid behaviour or what happened to them.

Give this one a miss.