“Tourist” praised in Great Britain | SVT News

Ruben Östlund was denied an Oscar nomination earlier this year. But international critics continue to praise the dark, “touristy” family comedy. When the film premieres in Great Britain and Ireland, reviews are warm and mixed, just as they were during the American release of the award-winning film Guldbagge.

Celebrated in the United Kingdom

“Tourist” is about the disintegration of a family after the father, played by Johannes Bah Kuhnke, abandons his children and runs away when they are threatened by an avalanche during a ski holiday. The subsequent family drama is simultaneously a critique of the nuclear family and masculinity in crisis.

The film is described in The Guardian Like staring into the abyss of civilization and the nuclear family. “Tonight is dark and sinfully interesting, you almost shouldn't indulge too much in other people's misery,” he says. Financial Times critic while The Independent He describes the film as “very smart and sharp”. And also those who Telegraph The film “Force Majeure”, as the film is called internationally, is given 4 out of 5.

“Evil Bergman”

In Ireland, it has its headquarters in Dublin The Irish Times The film received the highest rating, going so far as to describe Ruben Östlund as “the evil embodiment of Ingmar Bergman.”

“Tourist” premiered in Sweden in 2014. It received the Guldbagge Award for Best Film and won the “Un Certain Respect” Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in the same year.