30 Grad im Februar

I have hardly seen a better drama made in Sweden's history of movie making. The story is day to day life of Swedes and Thais but made strongly with strong script and play.

Whoever have lived in Scandinavia would easily associate him/herself with the life and people pictured in the movie.

Great stress that a working single women with kids have, cold and long winters and desire to escape, a normal happy fine young guy so isolated so that he has lost his skills and hope to meet his future partner in his own country as society is making relations more complicated than ever, ever growing aged population of the country and the challenge to take care of them specially if they are complaining ones (I have that experience as my fist job in Sweden), the simple, clean and honest spirit of Swedish people (Majlis was not a criminal and could easily call Medicare same moment when the unintentional accident happened), ...

There is no exaggerated story line going on throughout the whole film. All sharp edges rounded to bring a pleasant feeling to the viewer. For example script never lets Wilda get hurt in spite of so much of dangers she was exposed to. The down to earth realistic picture attracts many. The film finely promotes the values such as prioritizing and loving kids, family relations, caring and loving animals, understanding and accepting people with other sexual orientations, loving one another in any circumstance. A touch of environment saving values was maybe missing to make it complete.

I give my Award to Kaisa for a powerful play. Majlis was nothing shorter than her in quality of play and of course the great job done by Glenn is close to a master piece. Least quality of play was in my opinion by Joy she was basically only there, no special quality of acting, no face impressions, no body language, very poor act but she is pretty and have an attractive pictographic face of a lovely young girl which may bring her success in the future if mixed with more skills.

An awesome job of shooting is to appreciate greatly. When there is abundance of light in your shooting environment doing a good job is easier but the quality presented in this shooting was of world class. I congratulate the shooting team.

I am a Iranian born Swedish involved in movie industry in Iran.

This is a typical Scandinavian series with Scandinavian humor. I really enjoyed it when watching it on netflix. I see others think it is no good, but I guess he is not from Scandinavia. Several of my friends and family have also watched it and enjoyed it. Judge by yourself, is my recommendation. It starts with different swedes going to Thailand. One of them wants to meet his future wife, at least so he hopes. However, he ends up marrying a ladyboy. An old couple goes to their first foreign holiday, and the wife eventually frees herself from her dominating and demanding husband.

Another family goes on holiday but ends up buying a resort on one of the islands.

The story line follows them through their stay in Thailand,

I was turned onto this show by a friend and at first I was barely able to watch it but the more I persevered, the more hooked I became. It is a little scary to contemplate the prospect of so many completely dysfunctional and extremely odd swedes arriving in deluges to chase sunshine, sea and sex and thereby feed an increasingly sick tourist industry in Thailand and that I guess, was part of the fascination for the show. I have to say that the acting was excellent in most cases especially the guy who plays Glen and the young woman who plays Joy. There is a slight 'B' movie-ish feel to the show and some things just don't work; for example the scene where the little girl digs up what is supposed to be a septic tank, drags it over to the neighbours beach and unleashes the contents- that was just plain terrible. Generally speaking though; I thought the show really good and especially bearing in mind how hard it is for a non-English speaking country to break into the market.I even liked the music which is quaint but catchy.

I really enjoyed this show and am baffled by the comments of some previous reviewers. Yes, the characters are flawed. That's the point. We all are.

The show features 3 different story lines of Swedish people who travel to Thailand for a new life: a lonely man looking for a wife; a career-driven mother of two who has neglected her family; and a meek older woman looking for escape from her emotionally abusive marriage.

The Thai setting is quite beautiful and the journey each character goes through ranges from uplifting to tragic; it's a pretty sad story all in all but I loved the scenery, and I loved the music. Recommended.

I am no critic. 30 Degrees in February fills voids inside you didn't realize you had. Complex characters, woven together by means this writer deserves accolades for. Unpredictable, enlightening, brave in its context. Subtlety in its characters driving a more emotional response in its audience. Thailand is filmed and gifted to us in a true experience. Engaging, thought provoking, always a new twist, turn to keep you wondering. An eye opener for those who live vicariously. The filmography, leaves me pleading to see more, learn more about this culture. Never mind he subtitles, these ensure your attention will not stray from the fast moving plots, imaginative and realistic characters and situations. Thank you for delivering such a warm and needed film for those living in 30 degrees in February.