Directed by:
Dome KarukoskiCinematography:
Pini HellstedtComposer:
Hilmar Örn HilmarssonCast:
Antti Litja, Petra Frey, Mari Perankoski, Iikka Forss, Viktor Drevitski, Bruno Puolakainen, Alina Tomnikov, Janne Reinikainen, Timo Lavikainen, Kari Ketonen (more)Plots(1)
The Grump is about a cantankerous old man, a self-made philosopher, whose old school stubbornness is put to test when a heavy fall forces him to move in to the city with his sharp business-minded daughter-in-law. The two instantly butt heads. But there's more to the old git than she originally thought; he has things to learn from this modern businesswoman. What starts out as a tragicomic disaster, turns out to be a humorous and touching story about discovery, tolerance and bridging the generation gap. (Helsinki International Film Festival)
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The Finnish have a gift among their Scandinavian brothers. To write uncompromising, cynic comedies that contain absolutely brilliant humor, and on top of that, a bit of truth. The Grump is one of those and I have to say that the music of Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson only added to its uniqueness and thus created a really great movie, from which I would maybe cut a few scenes so that it wouldn’t be so long. But otherwise it‘s a great movie.
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A deeply human story about a man who refuses to accept that the world works differently than it did when he was young. The film is full of slightly humorous situations that made me laugh out loud, yet I wouldn't consider it a comedy at all. It's a kind of Nordic caress of the soul, underlined by truly beautiful music, although the old man was sometimes frustrating in the way he could drive everyone around him crazy.
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