Love Me

I am gonna rewatch this after I've finnished the australian remake. I've almost completed the first season of the australian version and I gotta say it is a pretty good take on the original. Back to the swedish version created by Josephine Bornebusch. If you watch it, you'll notice that she has put in a lot of time and effort to make this masterpiece. I am from Sweden and I highly recomend to see more with her involved. She is a great actress and director. The serie got Guldbaggen Award which is like a swedish Oscar. In the drama/romance genre, I think this is one of the best. If you want a deep self reflection serie to watch, this is the one.

This show is deeply moving. You start to care for the characters from the get go and cry and laugh with them throughout the series. I highly recommend this show. The acting of Johan Ulveson deserves a special shoutout.

This is one of the best Swedish productions I have ever seen. The tone and frankness, straightforwardness of the dialogue is refreshing and comforting. The casting and the acting is among the best I have seen a swedish production company achieve in years. I am full of admiration, well done Josephine Bornebusch, spot on! As a a swede abroad since more than 20 years, I sure appreciate a good quality scandi production. Loved to see some of the "old guard" Johan U and Görel C, Maria L. Some of the newer, Sverrir, Nina and Gustav and to me a fresh one (but that could be because I live abroad) Josephine Bornebusch - you are absolutely sensational, what a treat. You are like the Swedish answer to Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Absolutely wonderful. Want more.

If you are looking for good content to watch with a mix of different feelings from joy, to reflection, to sadness to romance, loyalty, friendship, etc. This is it. Fantastic acting and great script.

At last... Swedish production hits the sweet spot.

Josephine Bornebusch elegantly meshes humour with a serious approach to relationships. At times she even touches the complexity of being.

The dry, somewhat sarcastic, humour allows the audience laugh with, rather than at, the characters.

Alska Mig is not a great work of art - but it is skilful craftsmanship and it leaves the impression that Bornebusch may have greatness lurking somewhere in her future.

However, there is an elephant in the room and it has to do with casting. If you can enjoy a film entirely on its own merit; Alska Mig delivers solid value for time spent. If you hold the belief that every filmmaker has a duty beyond the frames, you may develop an itch that is very hard to scratch: The, almost total, lack of ethnic diversity makes little sense and does leave a gnawing question - why?