A somewhat lucid slice-of-life experience that chronicles the loves and life events of one indecisive 30 year old.
The Worst Person in the World manages to evoke the feeling of looking through the mental scrapbook of our lives; the one we all flip through after a milestone birthday or large life event. The feeling of quickly summarising large swathes of your life into the most poignant (and in some cases mundane) moments that stick with you forever. It was moving, touching, challenging and dare I say real(?) in its portrayal of navigating a contemporary relationship in modern life. It also made me realise the stark differences between a tiny generational gap of those in their 30s and those in their 40s. [spoiler]The juxtaposition of Aksels friend circle to Einvinds made it all the more jarring, and was shown without emphasis to great effect. Aksels all discussing settling down/family events while Einvinds are setting up Instagram pages, taking mushrooms, putting off having kids for environmental reasons and working service jobs well into their 30s. [/spoiler] It's eye-opening, if a little depressing as I find myself turning 30 in the not too distant future.
There was much here I resonated with, many lessons I learned from the characters and a few quotes to boot. This feels like a movie that will sit with me for much longer than I anticipate, but I'll be happy it did every time I think about it. If I can manage to shake the existential dread it brings me that is.