Even though it does not start as promising as it turns out to be, this movie is a wonderful reflection of what down-to-Earth cinema of today should be. At first I was a little bit reluctant to see this title, as if it didn't appear to be appealing to my liking. Yet, after reconsidering and actually watching it, I must admit that it's a brilliant movie that displays human interaction, in terms of love and friendship, in a very simplistic way, that is perfection of its own kind. The twists and turns into the movie are a very nicely thought way of portraying the love between the characters, having them growing up as individuals together with that, and actually having to take the responsibilities of the adults' life, abandoning the trouble-less carefree existence (yet not to full extent). A thing that impressed me a lot into this movie was the very realistic, without any unneeded drama and overacting, way that shows the troublesome life of Stig Inge - one of the main characters of the movie - who is constantly followed by his anxiety and fear to live a normal life outside the boundaries of Tøyen - a neighborhood in Oslo where most of the action of the movie takes place. A movie that would have been a complete failure if it took the wrong turn of falling for the part of portraying the "reality show like" way of life of the main characters, instead used it as a tool to show the viewer what really matters instead of the misconception of fame and glory, and in the same time to remain nice and simplistic to what it should really be after it all - a perfect movie about love and friendship. I give 9 out of 10 just because I could use a tiny bit better camera work, yet it remains one of the best Norwegian movies I've seen by far.
