Nonureva Really Surprised!

Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

stephencheevers when i watched Moodysson first three films, he seemed to me to be the new Ken loach, Mike Leigh or Alan Clarke in waiting.But he made a total u-turn to produce a work which hasn't done him favors with the crowds of fans he made with F--king Amal,Together and Lilya 4-ever,its kind of like hes trying to say with A HOLE IN MY HEART how far are you willing to go to show how much you adore me. In music terms he's kinda like RADIOHEAD or even His favourite band THE CURE, they produce some of the most uplifting material for example Radiohead released THE BENDS and O.K COMPUTER to worldwide acclaim just like Moodysson's first three movies then did a total u-turn with experimental work like KID A which have divided fans.Is A HOLE IN MY HEART, moodysson's best film,no its probably his weakest i think CONTAINER has a better feel to it,but it shouldn't be held up as a work of a director gone mad.

mrtynr Well some people may like it but in my opinion one word is enough: disgusting... First of all I do not see a reason for such kind of movie. I watched it in a special film festival and there was not an empty seat available what it started. After the first hour of the film, the movie was half full. I don't go to cinema (especially in a film festival)to watch people having group sex, or vomiting each others mouth. There are special movies for people who like these kinds of stuffs, you can go to a sex shop and rent one. Or perhaps you can make your own but be sure that you are the only one to watch it. But for normal users these are far too much. I was with my girlfriend and she embarrassed very much because it was her choice to watch it. Since we had no clue about the film before we saw it, name of the film misdirected us pretty much cause we thought that it was a romantic film or an ordinary drama. You may try to give the desperation of people in your movie but there are other ways to do so I suppose. People do not need to see all the dirty fantasies or thoughts you have inside. And no one can say that "oh people do not see the art inside!!!" cause I think they are only trying to pretend like sophisticated, be the different one or feel the same dirty fantasies.To sum up, if you haven't seen this film, you are lucky. I hope I will never ever have to watch another movie from that guy...

pianophile My overall impression of this film is that it is a bleak parody of the popular Reality TV program "Big Brother", featuring a sad group of people trying (and mostly failing) to make an amateur porn film. There is actually very little sex, and no explicit penetration is seen on screen. The atmosphere is anything but erotic: The director and players flail about in a sort of listless, stoned state much of the time, and at one point the male porn actor falls asleep while the camera rolls. Meanwhile, the porn director's reclusive son hides in his room, growing ever paler, alienated from everyone. The film seems to me to be about the degradation of pornography, but more so about the pointlessness and anguish of these broken lives, seen through the lens of a Reality TV program not many would watch.This film is a surprising change of style for Moodysson. It is challenging, unpleasant, and destined to be misunderstood.

bastard wisher ...from all the searing images on screen. Make no mistake, this film is hard to watch and not really a whole lot of fun. That said, I do think it an ultimately affective and certainly audacious film that earns my respect even if it doesn't quite match up to Moodysson's previous film, the brilliant "Lilya 4-Ever". I will say that I think it lacks a bit of the sure-handedness that rendered like-minded extreme films like "Irreversible" or "Requiem for a Dream" ultimately so powerful. If anything, this film is like a well-meaning, endearing little brother to those films. It tries hard and gets a lot of mileage out of sheer effort, but ultimately it falls a little short. Part of the problem is the noticeable lack of the tender humanity found in Moodysson's previous films, including the bleak "Lilya 4-Ever". What ultimately caused that film to be as outstanding as it was the love that Moodysson obviously showed for his characters. It prevented the film from being the heavy-handed parade of depression that "A Hole in My Heart" sometimes threatens to become. It seems here that Moodysson has lost some of his delicate skill working with characters. If anything, he shows pity for them surely, but I'd hesitate to say compassion. The unrelenting, single-minded oppressiveness of the film threatens to become stifling, literally compelling one to wish the characters would venture outside their squalid apartment. Unfortunately, the few scenes that do occur outside of the apartment prove to be some of the film's weakest, most heavy-handed moments, revealing a newfound pretentiousness apparent in Moodysson's approach, as do the solemn, too-earnest and obvious voice-over monologues and dream sequences.Due to the relentless heaviness of the film, it unfortunately begins to have a somewhat numbing effect, losing it's emotional engagement and verges on a becoming a endless stream of ever-more revolting images, as if challenging the audience with it's shockingness. Fortunately some humor does creep into the film at odd moments and ultimately keeps the film grounded. Another plus is that the film manages to avoid being overtly preachy for the most part. Moodysson doesn't seem all that interested in pointing fingers, but rather seems to declare the entire world as being hopelessly dysfunctional and leaving it at that. One of it's few acknowledgeable targets is reality television, however. At times the allusions are clever, as when Tess, the amateur porn-starlet to be, mentions her goal of getting on the show "Big Brother", but ultimately end up rather heavy-handed the more Moodysson stresses the motif. Playing into the reality TV theme, surely, is the film's use of cheap, low-quality digital video, which has the intended affect, but overall, i think, causes the film to carry less weight than it might have otherwise. Part of what makes bleak, uncompromising films like "Irreversible", and indeed "Lilya 4-Ever", succeed is their sheer competence. Regardless of their assaultiveness, they are still undeniably well-crafted films. Unfortunately "A Hole in My Heart" doesn't have this to fall back on. If anything, it is overtly amateurish, sometimes distractingly so. Particularly when the film attempts flashier techniques it comes off a little like a film student version of "Requiem for a Dream" in it's style. The ultimate success of the film though, is that the homemade quality eventually stops being distracting. It manages to create enough of it's own cinematic sensibility that the audience can adjust to it and comfortably engage the film on it's own terms. One all the initial flaws make themselves apparent, they quickly become significantly less noticeable and the film manages to hold itself together rather well, in the long run. Also, I have to respect the film for it's sheer integrity and conviction. Even if it verges on over-earnest or heavy-handed at times, there is no question that it is refreshingly uncompromising. In many ways it reveals pseudo-rebellious social critiques like "Fight Club" and "Natural Born Killers" for what they really are: hypocritical, half-hearted films that want it both ways. "A Hole in My Heart" is nothing if not 100% behind it's convictions. As I said, though, the film doesn't manage to approach the the brilliance of "Lilya 4-Ever" by a long stretch. If anything, comparing the two only highlights the aspects of the previous film that make it the masterpiece that "A Hole in My Heart" doesn't quite manage to be (although it gets many points for trying). Ultimately though, i do think I prefer it to his earlier, gentler films (which are good in their own right as well). Certainly I would consider Moodysson one of the more remarkable relatively young filmmakers. Clearly his heart is in the right place, even if it has a hole in it.