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      Lapland Odyssey

      2010 1h 32m Comedy Drama Romance List
      Reviews 65% Audience Score 250+ Ratings Janne has made a career out of living on welfare, then his girlfriend gives him an ultimatum: Buy a new digital TV box or she will leave him. Read More Read Less

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      elliot a Great and hilarious movie. Suomi perkele! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review brendan n This is one of those films that provide enough set pieces to pay off the simplistic plot. The films grows more outlandish by the minute and even when you think it's about to go on the straight and narrow, it takes another absurd turn. Is it a genre defining movie? No. It is a film that ticks the right boxes and is fun in the process. Likable characters and a cray plot that allows the film to go in any crazy direction. Not for everyone, but it is funny and outlandish. 22/06/2019 Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Crazy-simple plot with a cute ending Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Jon C Entertaining and unusual take on a standard genre The genre is immediately apparent: it's a "three or four dumb guys spend a wild night getting into a series of ridiculous predicaments" flick, though in this case the guys are in Finnish Lapland, a wildly beautiful wilderness whose inhabitants endure some of the hardest climatic and economic conditions in Scandanavia. The film has the faults typical of its genre: much the the humor is silly, and some of the action scenes aren't very realistic. The film gains an interest beyond what's typical of its genre by the Lapland landscape's bleak grandeur, which is brilliantly painted by the cinematography of Pini Hellstedt, and by the acting of Jussi Vatanen, a leading Finnish actor whose performance at first may seem understated for a comedy, but who by the end achieves a Chaplin-like comic pathos. Those sensitive to feminine pulchritude will also appreciate the presence of the extremely fetching Pamela Tola as the female lead. The image quality on the Artsploitation Films Region 1 DVD is very good (it's a standard DVD which I watched on a Blu-Ray player,) though it would be worth while watching this on Blu-Ray if it ever is re-issued in that format, the better to appreciate the spectacular landscape photography. In Finnish with English subtitles. The DVD comes with an insert which gives interesting background information on the film and an interview with the director, though much of the text is in irritatingly tiny print. Advisories: occasional language, a couple of mildly explicit adult situations, but basically pretty tame for the genre. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/08/16 Full Review Audience Member Another Road Trip comedy film, Finnish-Style! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Mad, but in many ways kind of real. Stuff that could happen and for sure does happen, in places, to people. Things friends do for one another. And their ladies, mothers or russian tourists. Entertaining in a campish way, but really... Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis Janne has made a career out of living on welfare, then his girlfriend gives him an ultimatum: Buy a new digital TV box or she will leave him.
      Director
      Dome Karukoski
      Producer
      Olli Haikka
      Screenwriter
      Pekko Pesonen
      Production Co
      Helsinki Filmi Oy
      Genre
      Comedy, Drama, Romance
      Original Language
      Finnish
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jan 25, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 32m