ColdStream96

3/10

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**THE BAD: 'GLACIER'** WRITING: 15 ACTING: 65 LOOK: 50 SOUND: 50 FEEL: 20 NOVELTY: 70 ENJOYMENT: 15 RE-WATCHABILITY: 0 INTRIGUE: 10 EXPECTATIONS: 10 ---- **THE GOOD:** Points to Alexander Karim for presenting an accurate Skåne dialect, with a hint of a Middle-Eastern accent. Karim and Lena Endre do the best they can with the material given to them. It's quite enjoyable at best, even if the script never allows them to fully shine. Lesser actors would have butchered what is left of the script for Karima and Endre to work with. This film’s only real strength is its capability to capture the sense of isolation and the desperate need for intimacy and love many people feel during the current pandemic. ---- **THE BAD:** Baker Karim’s direction and cinematography try to elevate the bleak script differently, but end up feeling very tacked on and desperate. This film feels very theatrical, with a bizarre presentation and story. The dialogue is all over the place and never feels natural; the story dips its toes into typical Swedish humour but never quite goes there. A lack of a clear narrative vision means this film lacks dramatic tension and feels more like an artistic experiment than a film with an actual message. The script desperately tries to reach some kind of artsy vision but fails to reach that goal. It’s not bad enough either to feel good. The plot’s driving force is a pandemic with very specific characteristics, but it's never explored fully and feels nothing but a forced backdrop to make the film feel more timely. The slowly revving relationship between the two leads could potentially reach some emotional height of the story and dialogue aimed at telling a compelling story. As it is, the film just kind of hover around until it's time to warm up, and consequently, the relationship never sets off properly. The main problem is that the story and the gimmick run their course after the 20 first minutes. After that, it's just more of the same and it's never truly compelling. To me, this is one of the least interesting and believable film relationships I've bet seen. Sadly, the talented actors are wasted on such dull characters and so pretentious dialogue. In an attempt to create some kind of overly bleak and tense Nordic climax, Glacier turns all dials to max during the final 15 minutes and achieves too little too late to save the sinking ship. ---- **THE UGLY:** Two Random People Spending 90 Minutes Talking To Each Other Through Walkie Talkies While Drinking And Dancing: The Movie. ---- **THE VERDICT:** _If isolation, endless monologues, loads of drinking and a seemingly empty Stockholm are your thing, this is your favourite film._ **31% = :x: = BAD**