Show Me Love (Fucking Amal) (1998)
Average Rating: 7.6/10
Reviews Counted: 40
Fresh: 36 | Rotten: 4
A naturalistic depiction of teenage life, Show Me Love has a charming, authentic feel.
Average Rating: 7.8/10
Critic Reviews: 11
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 1
A naturalistic depiction of teenage life, Show Me Love has a charming, authentic feel.
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Fucking Åmål is a coming-of-age comedy set in a sleepy little Swedish town called Åmål -- the most boring place on earth according to one of its residents, the adolescent girl Elin. Meanwhile, one of her classmates, Agnes, is quietly in love with Elin, but no one knows about it except her computer. The title comes from Elin's frequent comment about her new home town. The two share a kiss as the result of some cruel manipulation from Elin, but Elin soon returns to apologize, and the two spend a
Oct 15, 1999 Limited
Oct 3, 2000
Strand Releasing
Cast
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Alexandra Dahlstrom
Elin -
Rebecca Liljeberg
Agnes -
Erica Carlson
Jessica -
Mathias Rust
Johan -
Stefan Hörberg
Markus -
Josefin Nyberg
Viktoria -
Ralph Carlsson
Olof Agnes' Father -
Maria Hedborg
Karin Agnes' Mother -
Axel Widegren
Oskar Agnes' Brother -
Jill Ung
Birgitta Elin's Mother -
Lisa Skagerstam
Camilla -
Johanna Larsson
Elin's friend -
Elinor Johansson
Elin's friend -
Jessica Melkersson
Elin's friend -
Lina Svantesson
Elin's friend -
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All Critics (43) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (38) | Rotten (4) | DVD (6)
This powerful, funny romantic drama neatly integrates the dilemmas of a girl in love, the girl she loves, a boy who also loves that girl, and that girl's sister.
Top CriticWhile the storyline has few surprises, the central performances create a touching relationship, despite the suspicion that the male writer/director's interest in the subject is slightly dubious, or at least tokenistic.
Dahlström and especially Liljeberg are first-rate.
High school, small town, teenagers in hormone hell -- or is that heaven?
A completely charming reality-based romantic fantasy, both sweet-natured and sympathetic.
The movie is funny, gentle, and true.
A charming teen comedy from Sweden.
Poignant subtitled story about two teen girls in love.
Lukas Moodyson's debut feature has a grainy, immediate feel that nicely enhances the story's emotional honesty -- a quality that our own popular teen movies have only just begun to embrace.
A simple, charming, and slightly edgy romance between two teenage girls.
Nobody can deny the honesty or the outright sincerity this film has.
Unfortunately, as the plot develops, it shies away from exploring that discontent, in favor of demonstrating precisely the kind of naiveté and sweetness that one would expect to find in any teen romance.
Moodysson's story may be an old one -- the taboo romance between lovers from different ends of the school spectrum -- but his sharp script refreshes old themes.
I must have missed what the Swedes see in this film. I found it mildly interesting at best.
It's just an incredibly insightful character drama about true, awkward, beautiful first love, and it's all the better for it. Oh, and that last shot is as cute as it gets.
It's an awkward, unapologetic, unconventional -- and ultimately winning -- look at first love, one that unabashedly portrays the complications and confusion that result from those first crushes and rushes of attraction and passion.
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Foreign Titles
- Show Me Love (***king Amal) (DE)
- Show Me Love (UK)
