The Ape

2009

1h 21m

Drama

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A disturbed man (Olle Sarri) tries to make sense of the world.

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

It's a devastating portrait of a man on the edge of madness, and not easy to forget.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 16, 2010

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

This is a difficult, painful film, and hardly for everyone. It left me in a gibbering foetal ball in a corner of the cinema foyer. But in Jesper Ganslandt, Sweden has a new star director.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 15, 2010

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Edward Porter

Times (UK)

Jesper Ganslandt's film strikes me as an exercise in morbid intensity for its own sake, but it's certainly well done.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 15, 2010

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

This artful examination of a very dark soul isn't always easy to watch. But the film's bleak chill is mesmerising.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 17, 2010

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Allan Hunter

Daily Express (UK)

Sarri's great performance is what will keep you watching.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 16, 2010

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Philip French

Observer (UK)

Existential Scandinavian stuff, it holds the attention.

Mar 15, 2010

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Wolfgang G

The Ape ist ein schwedisches Drama unter der Regie von Jesper Ganslandt, der auch das Drehbuch dazu schrieb. The Ape ist eine Studie über einen Mann, der anscheinend in seiner Hektik die Kontrolle verliert und skurrilen Ideen folgt… . Olle Sarri ist außergewöhnlich in seiner Rolle.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/29/22

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Audience Member

Boring, pretentious dross.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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keith w

Fathomless and clueless miasma of confused plot and dialogue. A film that is not a real film 'with a real narrative'; as if it had 'cut and paste' bits from other movies that were randomly stuck together, creating an underwhelming cinematic chimera that leaves the viewer annoyed and disrespected. Ghastly mistake to spend resources on a piece of bad movie making. Not recommended.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Jesper Ganslandt's film is a very grim, intense and horrific study of a man who at first glance appears to be a rage-filled man --- but it goes a great deal further than rage. Olle Sarri is exceptional. An intense, but disturbing experience.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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razvan p

well build, but too simplistic and negative.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

No need to be a careful eye; director Jesper Ganslandt is a follower of Haneke cinematography, which is based on solid psychoanalysis of both borderline human nature and structure of society with a complicated resolution of history. This what Ganslandt does in this film. I think what makes this film stunning is that the amount of moments we see ourselves in Krister. Krister is who we are and who we are completes the character Krister wee witness in this movie. He can be any of us, if we consist on the theory of that most of us are homosexuals subliminally. This is a story of not being. Of not being yourself, not taking your sexual identity in your hands as you like... ...Of not being who you really are.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Krister

Eva Rexed

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Synopsis

A disturbed man (Olle Sarri) tries to make sense of the world.

Director: Jesper Ganslandt
Screenwriter: Jesper Ganslandt
Production Co: Fasad
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Swedish
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 23, 2017
Runtime: 1h 21m