Älska mig

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?

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.

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.

I loved everything about this show! It made me laugh and it made me cry. Beautifully written and the actors make you connect with these characters. You will fall in love with this family and journey with them through life, love and loss.

... good-acting wonderful-script impeccable-production-values music ... yet what made-makes this-great-series is-the-casting ... all-great-writing needs the-right-people on-stage-set ... each-every-one of these actors is terrific

... Josephine Bornebusch possess-immense-talent on-several-different-career-levels ... don't-believe they'll-ever-be any-of-her-work will not try hard-to-see.