Le Gang Jönsson

This i a terrible film, the script is awful. To many characters, the story jumps from one direction to another. My kids started to watch their phones instead... they even wanted to stop the film to play boardgames instead. The main characters are not even close to the original ones.. Vanheden feels more like dynamit-Harry... Avoid!!!!!!

Not a true review in that sense, just a short warning, this is a very boring "comedy", it totally fails to capture the spirit of the old Jönsonligan movies. Better spend your money and time on something else.

This movie has many faults. The characters Sickan, dynamite Harry and Vanheden has completely different personalities than before. They have stolen ideas from other movies. Like the one from Bruce Willis movie "Hudson Hawk". When they time everything to songs.

The script is bad. The director seems to just found out about drones. To many shots are made with "drone sweeping" shots. Besides the star actors the acting are bad. Especially the "big boss".

But there are some laughs. Two good jokes in the whole movie.

I can't recall any movie worse than this one. I'm 50 years old so I have seen a lot of bad films.

The (some, great) actors and cinematography didn't stand a chance with this script. The needlessly complicated setup and the repetitive themes makes this movie very tiresome to watch. I lost interest halfway in and left before the climax since it simply wasn't worth my time.

I don't care about the nostalgia of Jönssonligan, this was simply a very poorly executed movie.

Where to begin with this one? I honestly tried to enter this movie with an open mind, but the convoluted plot, the terrible set of characters and the fact that this "comedy" just isn't funny made this "open mindness" quite difficult to maintain.

First of all, the story is all over the place. The central plot and McGuffin aren't all too bad, in fact, it could have been quite interesting if done right. Too bad it isn't. It's all overly convoluted and the story just isn't presented well at all. Besides the pure incompetence (?) of not being able to provide an engaging, comprehendable story, a family comedy does not feel like the right forum for this type of plot. Even if done well it would've felt a bit over-the-top. I could (and should!) have been done waaay more simple. The convoluted main story together with the completely unnecessary side stories also made the runtime overly long. The 2 hours felt like 5.

Talking about unnecessary side plots: let's talk characters, because this movie is full of them, and few of them fill any kind of function. Most characters are paper-thin and completely lack any kind of personality. Paper-thin characters are unarguably common in silly comedies, so that's not my criticism per se, but when you are using such flat characters for emotional scenes like this movie does it just turn out embarrassing and cringey. The movie and its characters simply do not deserve these kind of scenes. They feel awkwardly misplaced. The movie is also full of unmotivated character reactions and illogical character decisions, and on top of it all, almost none of the characters are likeable and funny. The cast itself is good, but they're either horribly miscast or has got nothing to do, of either value or comedic effect.

All of this would have been okay to some degree if the movie itself was funny, but it just isn't, and I can't see too many disagreeing with me on that note. A few smirks here and there, one or two laughs, but that's about it. It's not "cosy", exciting, or presents an interesting message either, so what is there left to enjoy?

As long as this isn't the first movie you've ever seen, and are mesmerized with all the pretty colors and moving pictures, you will probably noy get anything out of it. It's a complete train wreck. An unfunny such.