Quarantaine

We tag along with family and friends to a cottage village at midsummer. Especially the parent related themes are inventive and deliver a sensitive but vivid escapade. The well written parts for Tea Stjärne and Fredrik Hallgren help them stand out and to give their top notch comical timings. A further big plus is that the entire cast is charismatically enjoyable, with no exception. The very youngest charmer of the bunch, gets to mentor the main character. One of many decisions that brings a delightful freshness to the adventure. Most screen time has been devoted to a storyline that doesn't come across as the creators' forte´. The romancing teenager-storyline. It has been fumbled with so badly that it is a mood killer instead of romantic, as intended. My excitement sank like a midsummer pole into the swamp, about this unfortunate curve-ball to the younger stars. They are now easily blamed for the coughing story engine.

Iina Kuustonen does what really gives a lift - gets herself in top notch physical shape for her fitness role. On her side Mikko Töyssy pulls points with his captivating emotional ability and refreshingly spontaneous delivery. A detail, rarely intriguing to follow, is how director Aleksi Delicouras keeps his main character's husband so passionately in the shades. The man apparently has brilliant ideas when it comes to story supportive images. The writing takes efficient use of know-how about diet and lifting techniques, but Pekko also pens what makes the movie drop the weights on the toes. The obvious disjointed commercial break feel in the story, origins from an overfeed of information about the gym staff's personal lives. Cut ten minutes of those brutal endeavors from the movie's first half and the smooth flow has the audience leaning in. I tested so it is a proven fact.

It's not ruled out yet that this won't find itself a cult following. These days with an increasing number of home viewers, enjoying extensive drug cocktails... A closer look at this humpy ride reveals that writer director Andrei Alén's shooting material is indeed significantly better than his movie. Re-cut and leave out all the improvised dialogue nonsense - as much as 50% from the first act's running time and you're left with a movie that is genuinely funny. I tested so it is a proven fact. It's a western that pays homage to late Spede Pasanen by at times delightfully imitating him and his low-budget movie making. Spede gladly played with logic and then verbally milked that quell dry during a scene. Where he was very inventive in the use of his stylistic trademarks, today's vessels appear to mostly improvise with a toddlers lacking maturity.