Historien om Kim Skov

Skummelkrat must be mad. This is the best movie ever. A danish "gone with the wind" with spectacular action scenes and a story that just blows you away. We all carry a little Kim Skov inside us - a shy, misunderstood country boy who just wants to find love and approval. Seeing "Historien om Kim Skov" makes you wiser in so many ways - and stronger, too. I watched it back in elementary school. When the movie started, I was a boy. When it ended, I was a man. It is one of those rare film that has the power to transform you and make you aware of who you really are. If I should point at one weak thing about the film, though, it must be everything that happens in it. And yes, the actors too. Otherwise it is just brilliant. A clean 10 out of 10.

This movie was shown to me 3 (I repeat 3 times!!!) during my 9 years in basic school. It`s a classic 70`s social-realistic thing about a 10-12 year old boy, who has to move to the city with his family when the family farm goes bust. In the city he is lonely and badly bullied by his schoolmates.

The point of the movie is that capitalist society sucks, and that we all should be nice to each other.

Personally I would rather had taken a beating then watch this movie even once.

That is indeed the question. "Historien om Kim Skov" or "The Story of Kim Skov" was incredibly popular among school teachers in the early 80's. They liked the basic story line of a new kid in school getting harassed by the other kids to the point of the extreme. Everybody saw the film at school at the time and it is truly a rather distressful experience to witness the downfall of a young innocent kid (which could be you!). Some scenes are quite revolting for young children to watch (as I remember it) and although the actors didn't exactly score any Oscar nominations, the gloomy feeling of hopelessness stays with you long after the film ends. So is it excellent or awful? I've decided for excellent since I still - some 20 years after - can get that nauseating feeling when I think of some of the more violent scenes. It made a lasting impression on me and I'm just glad I've never experienced anything like the trials Kim Skov is going through in the film. Poor guy.

this movie stunk. bad director, bad actors, bad script. i really feel that me and my friends can make a better movie then this. in fact i think some of the stuff we've already made is better. if anyone is interested in distributing my feature length film "winter carnival" please contact me. i promise you it is better then historien om kim skov.

This is really bad, it is designed to teach danish students in the smaller classes not to bully each other. Some scenes are worth the while, like the piece where Kim hits the guys that are giving him a hard time with the chain from his bike.