Brown Motion

The local library yielded yet another golden find.  This is a Swedish production from a Swedish director with lead roles by Swedish actors. A story about a grumpy old man called Ove, who has given up on life.  Perhaps a story about procrastinating death.  Or being completely bad at killing oneself? Regardless it is a dark comedy that completely captures you and makes you root for this stubborn and nasty human being.  I see myself exhibiting many a characteristics of this aged and frustrated man who is the protagonist of the film.  To him the world is full of idiots.  Amen. It is the story of a man who grows up singularly focused on doing the right thing, a cultural legacy I think while saying very little.  The movie weaves the viewer through the life of this once young kid who grows up stoic facing many a challenge, losing his parents relatively young age.  He goes on to meet a woman that captures his heart on a train.  Eventually ma...