JJ+E

We've seen this multiple times: poor boy falls in love with rich girl. Their romance is forbidden and eventually their different backgrounds becomes an issue.

Cliché storylines are ok, as long as the execution is well done. And that's the problem.

It's a visually stunning movie and the lead characters are adorable, but there was not enough development. Besides perhaps Sluggo (JJ's best friend) the viewer doesn't get to know their families and friends at all, so you don't care about them. We are introduced to their family dynamics but it goes nowhere. Their daily lives, who they are and their dreams and fears also doesn't matter much.

I feel like it was very slow paced and lacked substance. The climax is very sudden and lasts a few minutes, then there's an abrupt ending. When watching movies like this, we want to know the characters and root for their love. In this case we barely knew who JJ and Elisabeth were, so I genuinely didn't care if they would be together or not.

I looked forward to watching this film. Sadly, this was really bad.

The worst part is that this film had potential. The tone, setting and main themes are great. But the chemistry between the actors is missing. The main character elisabeth completely lacks personality. She looked bored and depressed the entire film and I struggle to understand why john john would fall in love with someone who seemed dead inside? 1,5 hours was not enough for this movie to be both a romeo and juliet film AND a youth gone bad story/struggling kid from the slums. There are side characters/plots who's presence feels unnecessary because they dont explore them: the evil grandmother and the selling of the summerhouse... elisabeths dead mother...john johns mothers evil boyfriend...the school theatre show... john johns best friends spiral into crime. Nothing in this movie gets resolved. No one gets redemption. No one gets rewarded for anything. And since I'm not at all convinced by j and e:s "lovestory" but am instead invested in how they will perform in school, jonh johns fabulous friends, jj's relationship with his mother - instead, it's a frustrating watch with little or no reward at the end. Are they bonnie and clyde now or what happened?

The old one was better and more edgy and fun! The old one is a 5 out of 10 but this is a 3 out of ten! Old actors were better and i recommend you to see the old one (it´s trash but better) And also go and see Felix Nordhs Review of Vinterviken (1996) it´s funny!

A series of meaningless opinions and thoughts.

Well done Swedish popular culture.

Well-made film that can saturate many mouths.

The playing time is good but the film has time to present more than it has time to work with.

I wanted to see more of grandma.

A hasty ending.

Good casting and acting.

Awesome main roles (with really good chemistry) that revive Vinterviken1996's characters and give the story a different light.

The director and the cinematographer. Top class!

I'd love to see Elsa or Mustapha work with Alexis again!

Two individuals with different backgrounds ... yes you've probably heard the story before. And yes Shakespeare (and others I reckon) have done amazing work with that premise. So if you compare it with masterpieces ... well this won't fair too good.

Having said that, if you can free yourself from any comparisons (or at least most of them), you can have some fun with this version of the class war ... and love. Not too much war going on I reckon.

It's a decent effort that targets a teenage audience. So if you are the target audience, you may like this more than others here.