Réalisation:
Martin LundScénario:
Martin LundPhotographie:
Morten Halfstad ForsbergActeurs·trices:
Henrik Rafaelsen, Janne Heltberg, Anne Ma Usterud, Tov Sletta, Kim Eidhagen, Per Kjerstad, Tore Sagen, Solvei Grimen Fosse, Terje Ranes (plus)Résumés(1)
Henrik is 35, but he still parties with his high-school buddies like they were in they're 20s. His mother cares for him like he's still a child. And he's in a relationship that's based on goofing around. Now, his girlfriend Tone is pregnant and Henrik has taken a serious job, moved into a prefab duplex, and he's trying to calm down the partying and start behaving like a father-to-be. But as he feels the pressure to mature, and to do it quickly, Henrik's frustrations surface in unforeseen and hilariously inappropriate ways. Favorably compared to the work of directors as diverse as Judd Apatow and Maren Ade (Everyone Else), The Almost Man walks a fine line between outrageous comedy and relationship drama, and emerges with a portrait of a couple navigating their new adult responsibilities that all will find relatable. (Big World Pictures)
(plus)Vidéo (1)
Critiques (1)
The thirty-five-year-old Henrik behaves for the most part like a socially awkward loser, struck by some terrible curse, even though at the beginning of the story, he's quite a likable guy. Henrik's pregnant girlfriend, Tone, clearly cares a lot about him; otherwise, I can't explain why she gets really angry only in the last third of the movie. This sometimes almost perverse tragicomedy about a man who probably will never fully mature caught my attention right away, and not just because of the absolutely perfect portrayal by the central duo Henrik Rafaelsen and Janne Heltberg, but also because of the excellent music. The chosen songs perfectly suit the mood of each scene.
()
