#00#, reviews, story, (dir/writer Moodysson)

Maybe I just wasn't in the right mood. This one didn't do much for me.

Big disappointment, since I loved "Show Me Love" so much. Together's treatment of a hippie commune is humdrum and predictable. Lesbian, gay guy, children (boy and girl) negatively affected by the "free love" ideology around them, the requisite political terms thrown around but always superficially, all the "warts" the film was expected to put on its subject matter but nothing the least bit daring or challenging. There are bits of soapy drama but all the conflicts have quick fixes.

Using a wide array of characters Moodysson explores the dysfunctions of all sorts of relationships. It's quite amazing how he was able to tie all these different stories together into a tight film with realized personalities and for the most part avoid preaching a solution.

great film! it's very balanced and non-judgmental between the traditional lifestyle and the alternative, communal one. it was very human.

A touching Scandinavian drama about a commune, those who must leave and those who need it to survive.

"Lukas Moodysson's hysterical, timeless piece of hippie lore looks for that happy gray area between capitalism and Marxism." - Ed Gonzalez

This is probably the most convincing period movie I've ever seen. About half a dozen times I caught myself completely forgetting that this movie wasn't made in the 1970s. Every character's little arc is pretty interesting, but I liked the young girl's the best. There's no dull ones though. The movie is surprisingly funny, too. It works. While the film feels uniquely Swedish, there are people like that all over the world. It translates easily.

These characters live unusual lives, and yet their problems, and their inconsistent responses to them resonate intimately. I really love how the characters all have troubling experiences as they pursue their own beliefs, and yet still find happiness in their chaotic community.

Best moment: Göran's outburst.

One of my favourite feel-good films. It walks just the right line between parody and affection for its hippie characters. The child actors in this are particularly great.

Nice

Cheap self-conscious propaganda. Why should i care about those fancy hippies?

Terrible. Stop screaming.

Too dramatized and too self-conscious to really be believable.

A film about the importance of family, both genetic and the chosen kind, it shows the evolution of love and bondingness and the free spiritedness of the hippie culture in the '70s. A true charmer and full of feel-good spirit.

I was expecting it to be good, but it's great. Tons of great characters, each with their own fully realized character arc; excellent acting, including the children; great style, with handheld camera and great use of jump cuts giving a really neat documentary feel; some extremely emotional moments, both sad and happy, showing both the strengths and the weaknesses of the characters' lifestyles; it's all great. The end might be a bit too nice and tidy.