albertoveronese The subject matter of Jens Lien's "The Bothersome Man" is clear: we ought to live on as brainwashed citizens even after death. So what if the director himself abide such a Hades? Someone was singing years ago – Where do the children play? Let's admit it, "Den brysomme mannen" is a dull pettiness of banality both in its production and its directional joke – What other joke could bring a film to life? Let them eat cake! Few are the eyes able to see the horror of the current filmmaking environment, the forced subjugation and cultural extermination of the current social and economic arrangements. Who are those who make movies today? Do children play anymore? For someone who's able to love would it be possible for him to pay for love? Watch out, you are trained to life as dogs to walk.

itamarscomix Labeling Den brysomme mannen as a comedy or a fantasy is misleading, but the film is nevertheless both hilarious and dream-like in its atmosphere. It's a Kafkaesque nightmare, funny and disturbing at the same time, and it successfully draws the viewer into a dream-like haze and puts you in the shoes of the lead character, a fish out of water in an eery plastic utopia. The film works on two levels - immersing the viewer in the experience for the duration of the film, while satirizing modern western society and specifically the perceived coldness and detachment of city life in Norway.The film starts out incredibly strong and judged by its first two acts, it could have been one of the best films of the year; unfortunately it loses some wind in the last act, and allows the satire to lose its subtlety and become much more prominent than the atmosphere, throwing the viewer right out of the immersion built up during the first half and losing a lot of impact. Some scenes, especially the subway scene and the finale, are too over-the-top for anybody to be able to still be in the protagonist's shoes. And so, the last half hour make it a very good film rather than a great one, but still it's a fascinating and unusual film that will make you laugh and cringe, beautifully shot and well-acted, and well worth the time.

alexeykorovin Enjoyable movie, well worth watching. The good: 1) dry humor which is quite fresh after all those Hollywood comedies 2) many hilarious moments, I was laughing thru most of the movie 3) the violent scenes were absolutely amazing, especially the one where the street cleaners were trying to take off the corpse from the spiked fence 4) lots of details which make it very believable. Although I live in Germany and not in Norway, the co-workers of the main character where very similar to the typical officer workers you find in Germany The bad: 1) the movie is too long, many static scenes. You have already understood what the author wanted to say, but the scene stays there for 10 seconds more. Such seconds add up to minutes and you get a film 2-3 times longer than it should have been 2) the ending was a disappointment. It looked as if the movie was just cut at some point, since there was no finale, no conclusion and no twist or anything interesting at the end 3) actually the idea of criticizing the middle class is very old, so the film brings really nothing new, even though it's still entertaining 4) at some places the satire was just too absurd to even be funny, e.g. the scene where the main character stands fully covered in blood and his girlfriend talks about the weekend

netstacy ... we all would live - even down to our most private moments - in a corporate behavior style? No kids, no taste, no deep emotions, no fancy colors... just friendly business-like ambiance? This is exactly the world of Anderland, an IKEAesk world, where everything seems to be clean and perfect, except there is no soul of anything and there is no way of breaking out. What really puts tension in this movie is that at some point you just want to know more about that world and what's happening next, because you can see parallels to our business-world. At the end, you ask yourself where you already are in this Anderland.This movie gives you a feeling of what our society could become, if we would be all about business. It puts you in an interesting mood: You see this movie, you want to escape from Anderland. Brilliant drama that every one of us corporate zombies should watch intently. I can really recommend that movie.