Darned comments form won't let me write in Swedish. Will do my best though...
I wonder how this script found its way to the screen. I also wonder if all Swedish reviewers have gone collectively bonkers. An average of 2,75 at bioprogrammet.nu is incomprehensible.
There really isn't anything wrong with the storyline. You can sort of sense a good film hidden somewhere beyond. It's the 60's, there's Ulla who likes rallying and who wants to go professional, there's prejudices to fight and there's the ultimate success. Add a few good songs, some beautiful scenery an some montages into the mix. Doesn't sound too bad, right? Wrong.
Ulla wants to be a rally driver. Someone else (the whole cast, of which some get to say it twice or more) says it's not for women. This is repeated every three minutes.
Ulla is harassed by a tobacco chewing redneck, whose vocabulary is restricted to "Ulla" and the very naughty Swedish word that rhymes with it, who wants prove he's a better driver than her. This is repeated every ten minutes.
Ulla and her co-driver have problems. The co-driver doesn't want to co-drive at all. Then she wants to. Then she doesn't. Then she wants to. This is repeated every five minutes.
To spice things up a little bit there are two Conflicts. One with a mean representative for Citroen, who at first strangely enough signs the girls up to drive for Citroen, then even more strangely sabotages their car, and then strangely turns back into a jolly chap come the final scene.
The other one concerns a perfectly likable veterinarian who suddenly turns into a Bad Guy. That was most likely decided half way through the filming, perhaps when the director realized the potential of actor Per Graffman.
Also, the dialogue in some scenes is cringe-worthy.
But it's not a complete failure. Maria Lundqvist and Johan Hedenberg resist the amateurish direction and give excellent performances. That's when you sense what this film might have been, and right then you might feel a little bit cheated.
I wonder how this script found its way to the screen. I also wonder if all Swedish reviewers have gone collectively bonkers. An average of 2,75 at bioprogrammet.nu is incomprehensible.
There really isn't anything wrong with the storyline. You can sort of sense a good film hidden somewhere beyond. It's the 60's, there's Ulla who likes rallying and who wants to go professional, there's prejudices to fight and there's the ultimate success. Add a few good songs, some beautiful scenery an some montages into the mix. Doesn't sound too bad, right? Wrong.
Ulla wants to be a rally driver. Someone else (the whole cast, of which some get to say it twice or more) says it's not for women. This is repeated every three minutes.
Ulla is harassed by a tobacco chewing redneck, whose vocabulary is restricted to "Ulla" and the very naughty Swedish word that rhymes with it, who wants prove he's a better driver than her. This is repeated every ten minutes.
Ulla and her co-driver have problems. The co-driver doesn't want to co-drive at all. Then she wants to. Then she doesn't. Then she wants to. This is repeated every five minutes.
To spice things up a little bit there are two Conflicts. One with a mean representative for Citroen, who at first strangely enough signs the girls up to drive for Citroen, then even more strangely sabotages their car, and then strangely turns back into a jolly chap come the final scene.
The other one concerns a perfectly likable veterinarian who suddenly turns into a Bad Guy. That was most likely decided half way through the filming, perhaps when the director realized the potential of actor Per Graffman.
Also, the dialogue in some scenes is cringe-worthy.
But it's not a complete failure. Maria Lundqvist and Johan Hedenberg resist the amateurish direction and give excellent performances. That's when you sense what this film might have been, and right then you might feel a little bit cheated.