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The story of families living in barracks, left by the US Army in Reykjavik at the conclusion of World War II.The story of families living in barracks, left by the US Army in Reykjavik at the conclusion of World War II.The story of families living in barracks, left by the US Army in Reykjavik at the conclusion of World War II.
- Awards
- 5 wins & 3 nominations
Ingvar Sigurdsson
- Grjóni
- (as Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis is a true story which happened in Reykjavik, Iceland. The real name of Baddi is Bóbó. He was known as "Bóbó á Holtinu".
- GoofsWhen Baddi drives his car from the airport after staying at his mother in the USA, another person is seen in his car, though he apparently comes back alone.
- ConnectionsReferences The Bad Seed (1956)
- SoundtracksAll Shook Up
Written by Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley
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Not as good as Cold Fever, Baddi worse than bad
I go out of my way to view foreign/independent film (I know, we're a vanishing breed) and rented this video at a neighborhood store that has a pretty good foreign selection mostly on the power of having seen COLD FEVER, which I enjoyed.
While I appreciate "dark comedies" as much as the next person -- and am a huge fan of Aki Kurasmaki (so I have some familiarity of Scandinavian film sensibility) -- it was a mistake to have placed so much of the film's success around a character as thoroughly unlikable as Baddi.
While he dominates the screen with charmless, witless and appalling behavior that knows no bounds (premised on his contact with "America"), most of the other characters are used as props and are nobly antithetical, i.e., they have a conscience. But for the most part, as a whole they cannot counterbalance the effect that the Baddi character has on the film.
That is a shame because there appeared to be some good potential character driven aspects to the story that were wasted.
While I appreciate "dark comedies" as much as the next person -- and am a huge fan of Aki Kurasmaki (so I have some familiarity of Scandinavian film sensibility) -- it was a mistake to have placed so much of the film's success around a character as thoroughly unlikable as Baddi.
While he dominates the screen with charmless, witless and appalling behavior that knows no bounds (premised on his contact with "America"), most of the other characters are used as props and are nobly antithetical, i.e., they have a conscience. But for the most part, as a whole they cannot counterbalance the effect that the Baddi character has on the film.
That is a shame because there appeared to be some good potential character driven aspects to the story that were wasted.
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- Buckywunder
- Feb 11, 2001
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- Countries of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Djävulsön
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- ISK 200,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $5,814
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,814
- Mar 14, 1999
- Gross worldwide
- $5,814
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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