Så Var det Jul Igjen (2023)
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Duration: 88 minuten
Alternative title: Christmas as Usual
Country:
Norway
Directed by: Petter Holmsen
Stars: Ida Ursin-Holm, Kanan Gill and Marit Andreassen
IMDb score:
5,5 (6.721)
Releasedate: 6 December 2023
Så Var det Jul Igjen plot
Thea returns to her rural hometown to celebrate a classic Norwegian Christmas with her family. This year, however, she is bringing Jashan, her Indian boyfriend. What should have been a normal Christmas turns into a tumultuous and heartwarming festive season that turns everyone's preconceived beliefs and traditions upside down.
Actors and actresses
Thea Evjen
Jashan Joshi
Anne-Lise Evjen
Simen Evjen
Hildegunn Evjen
Ronja Evjen
Jørgen Bruun
Taxisjåfør
Indisk podcast host
Hunden Balder
Reviews & comments
Fisico
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- 10039 messages
- 5398 votes
A cliché Christmas movie is actually a pleonasm. That is no different here. There is certainly no shortage of corniness and predictability. All in all, a nice watch for the holidays without being anywhere above the genre average.
I read here that viewers were bothered by the racism. Well, quite a loaded term, I stick to xenophobia and the urge to maintain one's own traditional values, then you are simply less open to other things. But it is clear that it sometimes becomes painful. It surprises me and it only seems to me to be a cinematic fact that future parents-in-law have never seen or heard anything in advance from their future child-in-law. Do you immediately get an engagement, well...
They then try to be funny with miscommunication and painful situations. It's a shame that the painful overtakes the humor. The fight with Santa Claus was the low point. To finish, you also get the traditional breakup before things get back to normal, even with the in-laws. Well.
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Mickey b
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- 754 messages
- 569 votes
Christmas film where cultures (Norwegian vs. Indian) and traditions collide and where xenophobia is never far away… Set with a limited number of actors and taking place in a village in Norway. The attempts to make the cultural differences seem funny, even to the point of slapstick, were not successful and did not really make me laugh, especially because there was always a racist undertone… The Christmas atmosphere is somewhat suppressed and the humor is too forced. It is nice to see Norway in winter. Towards the end it all went a bit too fast, as if time and budget had run out and they still had to tell a whole story to be able to conclude. I found it all a bit irritating. I have seen Hallmarks that were of a better level than this one. Because it is based on real facts and there is a message in the story, I give this one just half, so 2.5 *.
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