I don't speak Swedish so I watched it dubbed in English. Unfortunately sometimes dubbing takes a little bit away from the performance. I didn't know anything about Kiruna and now I have to read about it. The movie wasn't great. It was more family drama than disaster. It took too long to get to the actual disaster which was what I was there for.
There are two scenes that really bothered me. First when they are in the town and everything is falling apart, they come upon a mother who is just standing still with a toddler and an infant in a stroller. They urge her to run and Sabir grabs the toddler and starts running. Then instead of picking up the baby, Aila grabs the stroller and starts running. At no point does the mother try to run back and help her. Who does that?! When the stroller emerges from the smoke and they realize Aila is gone, the mother again just stands there. Terrible acting. A mother separated from her baby would be hysterical and would run to see if he is okay.
The other scene is when they are at the school and Frigga finds Simon and Tina. Tina was in more dire need but Frigga focuses on Simon. I get that Simon is her child and I also understand that maybe she felt that Tina was harder to get to and probably wasn't going to make it anyway but that child was in pain and scared and when she begs Frigga for help, instead of comforting her, she tells her to be quiet. I was shocked.
This was basically just something to watch while I was doing something else. I would not watch it again.
There are two scenes that really bothered me. First when they are in the town and everything is falling apart, they come upon a mother who is just standing still with a toddler and an infant in a stroller. They urge her to run and Sabir grabs the toddler and starts running. Then instead of picking up the baby, Aila grabs the stroller and starts running. At no point does the mother try to run back and help her. Who does that?! When the stroller emerges from the smoke and they realize Aila is gone, the mother again just stands there. Terrible acting. A mother separated from her baby would be hysterical and would run to see if he is okay.
The other scene is when they are at the school and Frigga finds Simon and Tina. Tina was in more dire need but Frigga focuses on Simon. I get that Simon is her child and I also understand that maybe she felt that Tina was harder to get to and probably wasn't going to make it anyway but that child was in pain and scared and when she begs Frigga for help, instead of comforting her, she tells her to be quiet. I was shocked.
This was basically just something to watch while I was doing something else. I would not watch it again.