**THE UGLY: 'FOR BETTER AND WORSE'**

WRITING: 15
ACTING: 50
LOOK: 60
SOUND: 60
FEEL: 50
NOVELTY: 0
ENJOYMENT: 50
RE-WATCHABILITY: 0
INTRIGUE: 15
EXPECTATIONS: 50

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**THE GOOD:**

Peter Magnusson and Magdalena In de Betou are actually okay in the lead as a married couple preparing for a divorce but trying to hide it. Their strained relationship translates to the screen well.

The chaos that erupts in the climax is hilariously over-the-top even if there's almost no build-up to it.

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**THE BAD:**

What a star-struck cast in mostly one-dimensional and not very memorable roles. Everyone feels like the clichéd character they are, including Johan Ulvesson and Dan Eklborg.

The script has to juggle multiple characters and their secrets throughout a weekend, with one secret after the other surfacing and creating utter chaos. It's a pity then that there's little to no real tension between the characters and many situations feel forced. You will end up sitting there waiting for the film to wrap up.

This is actually another version of ‘Tomten är far till all barn’, only much less funny and with the family getting together to celebrate a wedding.

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**THE UGLY:**

Okay kids, what did we learn here? Don’t get married!

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**THE VERDICT:**

_This Swedish ensemble comedy tries to bring a new spin to an old concept and in doing so falls into every pitfall possible._

**35% = :heavy_minus_sign: = UGLY**

**'For Better and Worse'** is alot worse than you might think.

Alot of big Swedish actor names in this movie and that's the only reason why my rating isn't lower because this movie is written horribly and the direction by Kjell Sundvall is awful.

Starts out mediocre but gets worse and worse as it goes on, give this a big skip. Peter Magnusson is not the best actor but I've enjoyed his previous movies and series, but he's really bad in this and all in all undoubtedly his worse feature ever. And probably the rest of the cast as well.