Gavin Purtell The ridiculously-long-winded title 'The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared' thankfully does not represent the film - it's a simple fish-out-of-water comedy, that just happens to be set in Sweden & featuring a centenarian. In reality, the main character - Allan Karlsson - is played by Gustafsson, who's only 49! However, the title does accurately describe the first 15min of the film, but what happens after that needs to be seen to be believed!One serendipitous incident leads to another and the script (or rather, the screenplay of the novel, which I haven't read) is so well written that as they get more absurd & hilarious, they still somehow seem plausible within the story. It starts off in Sweden (English subtitles, but with Karlsson's spoken inner-monologue in English), but by telling his life's back story, takes in quite a few countries and eras - Spain, America, Russia, WWII - quite 'Forrest Gump'-like in parts, which is a good thing!The three main supporting actors are great characters and add to the story and it should be warned that some of the humour is a little black, but it all done with so much zest that you can't help but laugh! A good ending, fun soundtrack and excellent pacing make this a foreign/indie film well worth seeing!

Marc Israel Allan Karlsson is a 100 year old man who ditches his nursing home birthday party by simply going out the first floor window and wandering off.... So many thoughts all came out in this 114 minute, dare I say, journey, or even traveling circus. The music would back t hat up! You could focus on the lead character, Allan, whose inhibitions match his inability to make good days to day decisions, hence the title. You could compare the good natured clan that grows one by one to that of The Wizard Of Oz, or the insertion of our leads characters' history to that of the lovable simpleton, Forrest Gump, with his inner lion into historical events. There is certainly a "road trip" approach to the screen play which only adds to the farce as our crew is an odd-ball miss mash of bland Swedish Meatballs, and all mixed together made for a delightful yet hilarious black comedy. There are some simple things to take out of the movie as well, but not life affirming, just simplifying, like Allan.

room102 A movie from Sweden. Although released in 2013, it's nominated for the 2016 Oscars in the Makeup category.An older guy in a nursing home goes out the window and runs away. During his journey he tells his life story.The atmosphere, style and black humor reminds me of TAXIDERMIA (2006) (an excellent weird movie from Hungary), although it's not nearly as extreme.Excellent makeup, well deserves of the Oscar nomination. The lead actor, who plays a 100-years old man, was actually 48-years old when the movie was shot and most his on-screen time is in full makeup. According to IMDb's trivia, he estimates to have spent a net total of 3 weeks non-stop in makeup.The movie is so-so. Starts well, in large it has a FORREST GUMP vibe - a simple man who somehow manages to make a lot of influence on history. But at the end it loses its way; It drags and leads to nowhere.Good cinematography, good score, very good production value.Worth watching, but not impressive as it could have been; Better watch TAXIDERMIA instead if you haven't seen it yet.

fyusang One day i went to the bookstore and saw a cartoon covered book. It was green and very simple. Usually i don't get easily attracted, but it had a very long title. "The 100 year old man who climbed out the window and disappeared" by Jonas Jonasson. I thought to myself, should i buy it or just leave it? Long story short, i finished the book with many laughter and many new inspirations. it was funny, dramatic, and deep. Jonas Jonasson explained in a simple way how corrupted our world is. It's so ironic it makes you laugh. I share the book to many of my friends. Suddenly somebody said there was a movie based about the book. I was very exited, (if you have red the book, my country, Indonesia, was quoted many times and the stupidity of how our government is was also written) so i searched the movie. It was a bit difficult to get movies that weren't published by our media. The movie store wasn't going to sell any movie that seems had no prospect in it (pop-minded-people). Finally after a long journey i got the movie and watched. Watched. And watched. Yes, the cast are there. The director did a good job casting the actors, especially Allan Karlson, Herbert Einstein, Julius, and the Never Again Squad. But, there was a minute that i got lost when Allan succeed the Manhattan Project and suddenly arrived in Sweden. Is it just me, or is this new plot a bit disappointing? Actually my favorite quote of the book was "There are only two things I can do better than most people. One of them is to make vodka from goats' milk, and the other is to put together an atom bomb." There was a moment in the book where Allan traveled through the Himalaya's. It was there he found his other "hobby" and after his "enlightenment" he went to Tehran and met a very fanatic priest. Maybe because of the budgeting and other technical matters this project can't afford it. But in my opinion this was a important moment for the development of the characters and the story. There were many changes from the book to the movie. I tried to be objective and watch it in another perspective, but still, how did Allan survive Gulag, how did he suddenly had a Chinese traditional clothes when he was in France (the book describes that he was the translator and the best friend of an Indonesian ambassador), and why did the movie script writer add more antagonist (Pim - Alan Ford). The book was dark. It had sarcasm everywhere, but i can't feel it in the movie. So yes, it was entertaining, but not what i hoped for.