http://ambival.net/movies/fucking-amal Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:10:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://ambival.net/movies/fucking-amal#comment-2508 Ambival.net » Movie Reviews » My Top 100 Movies [current] Wed, 21 Mar 2007 02:44:49 +0000 http://ambival.net/?p=526#comment-2508 [...] Show Me Love/ Fucking Åmål Lukas Moodysson [...] [...] Show Me Love/ Fucking Åmål Lukas Moodysson [...]

]]> http://ambival.net/movies/fucking-amal#comment-2458 Ambival.net » Movie Reviews » Pavee Lackeen Wed, 21 Mar 2007 02:17:26 +0000 http://ambival.net/?p=526#comment-2458 [...] All the way, the movie reminds me a lot of Lukas Moodysson’s movies, particularly Fucking Åmål and Lilya 4 Ever. To that end I kind of wish it did have more of a story to it, a few more emotional ups and downs, even if they did betray the movie’s astounding veracity. Don’t get me wrong, I love when movies are as heartbreakingly, face-slappingly real as this one is … but this one is so in touch with the real world that it kind of tires a little towards the end, even if the final image is the most harrowing of all. [...] [...] All the way, the movie reminds me a lot of Lukas Moodysson’s movies, particularly Fucking Åmål and Lilya 4 Ever. To that end I kind of wish it did have more of a story to it, a few more emotional ups and downs, even if they did betray the movie’s astounding veracity. Don’t get me wrong, I love when movies are as heartbreakingly, face-slappingly real as this one is … but this one is so in touch with the real world that it kind of tires a little towards the end, even if the final image is the most harrowing of all. [...]

]]> http://ambival.net/movies/fucking-amal#comment-396 Ambival.net » Movies » Christiane F Tue, 20 Jun 2006 16:37:29 +0000 http://ambival.net/?p=526#comment-396 [...] Uncomfortably raw and almost needlessly long, this one will nevertheless stick in my memory. It owes something to the earlier Al Pacino movie, Panic in Needle Park, but also, I think, the little-known Linda Blair / Richard Donner TV movie called Sarah T: Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic – despite its veracity, it does come over a little cheesy and preachy at times. Since this movie, directors like Larry Clark and Lukas Moodysson have addressed teen issues without copping out so easily – the movie in fact reminded me most of Moodysson’s Fucking Åmål which, though completely different in subject matter, hit the nail on the head over how it feels to be a teenager. If by chance you thought the cold turkey scenes in The Man With the Golden Arm, French Connection II, and Trainspotting were somehow tame, you should take a look at this one, it leaves you shattered. The dedications at the end, particularly for “Babsi”, are heartbreaking. The soundtrack’s pretty good too, reminded me of Abel Ferrara’s Driller Killer I think. David Bowie puts in an appearance which is … interesting … [...] [...] Uncomfortably raw and almost needlessly long, this one will nevertheless stick in my memory. It owes something to the earlier Al Pacino movie, Panic in Needle Park, but also, I think, the little-known Linda Blair / Richard Donner TV movie called Sarah T: Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic – despite its veracity, it does come over a little cheesy and preachy at times. Since this movie, directors like Larry Clark and Lukas Moodysson have addressed teen issues without copping out so easily – the movie in fact reminded me most of Moodysson’s Fucking Åmål which, though completely different in subject matter, hit the nail on the head over how it feels to be a teenager. If by chance you thought the cold turkey scenes in The Man With the Golden Arm, French Connection II, and Trainspotting were somehow tame, you should take a look at this one, it leaves you shattered. The dedications at the end, particularly for “Babsi”, are heartbreaking. The soundtrack’s pretty good too, reminded me of Abel Ferrara’s Driller Killer I think. David Bowie puts in an appearance which is … interesting … [...]

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