2hotFeature one of my absolute favorites!

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Merolliv I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

Sanjeev Waters A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

dakjets Good story about life in Sweden in the early 1900s. Here are descriptions good about growing up in the working class, and a turbulent marriage.The film is about Maria Larsson and her family. Although the film is basically a drama about how hard life could be for those who were poor at this time, it is about much more.The film is about following their dreams and how important it is to have real commitment. The protagonist is a fantastic photographer. Life is tough. There are many children as she must take care of. Despite this, we can follow her development and see how her talent evolves over several years.Good person depictions characterizes this drama. Mikal Persbrandt as always good as the rough husband. The film is told through one of their children in retrospective. It works fine.Recommended for those who enjoy good person drama, in a historic setting.

paul2001sw-1 Jan Treoll's film 'Everlasting Moments' tells the story of a poor Swedish family struggling to survive in the early years of the twentieth century; and how the family's mother copes with an abusive marriage in part through the hobby of photography. It's not a bad film per se, but it's very quiet and undramatic. Part of the problem is that the interest on photography seems arbitrary: the heroine could just as easily have found a purpose in life through a love of literature or dogs, or any of the other interests that help us find meaning in life. The heavy use of narration further undermines the sense of drama. It's based on a true story, but it's not so clear there's really much of a story to be told.

ajs-10 This is an interesting Swedish film about a woman, Maria Larsson, who lived in the early twentieth century in Malmo. The film is based on true events and is in Swedish with subtitles, so if you're not into reading subtitles you'd probably better stop reading now. Before I tell you what I think of it, I'll give you a short synopsis.We begin in 1907 where Maria, her husband Sigfrid and their three children are living in Malmo. Sigfrid, or Siggi to his friends, works on the docks and, when he's had a drink, he is prone to hit his wife and the children. Maria pleads with him to stop drinking, which he does for a while and then he's back into the same routine. One day Maria finds a camera and, because money is short, she decides to take to a photographic studio to see if she can sell it. The owner, Mr Petersen, takes pity on her and, rather than buying the camera, he shows her how to use it. She takes her pictures back to the shop and Mr Petersen helps her develop them. He is impressed and gives her developing chemicals and photographic paper so she can continue. Mr Larsson by now is having a hard time at the docks, Socialism is spreading across Europe and a strike is called. Maria continues to take photographs on and off and after the outbreak of World War One, one is chosen to be printed in the newspaper. As time passes the family grows larger and Siggi begins to have affairs with other women, but Maria stays with despite all his bad ways.The story is narrated by her eldest daughter, Maja, whose perspective gives the film an interesting narrative. A well made film which, if slowly paced, gives an insight into life in Sweden around the turn of the twentieth century. Decent performances from all of the main cast: Maria Heiskanen as Maria Larsson, Mikael Persbrandt as Sigfrid Larsson, Jesper Christensen as Sebastian Pedersen and Callin Öhrvall as Maja Larsson (age 15-22).I quite enjoyed this film, although it has a slow pace, but you're never quite sure what will happen next. I have seen some of Maria Larsson's work on various TV shows about photography and she certainly had an eye for it. In the end it's quite a touching story about a woman torn between her passion for photography and her love of her family. Just one comment about the subtitles, why do the people who put subtitles on films insist on keeping to just one colour, sometimes the background is the same colour as the text and it's impossible to read! (OK, rant over) Over all, recommended for those that can deal with the subtitles.My score: 7.3/10

Creston Gaither My ten stars go to the full-length version I saw at an art house last year. I loved it so much I got the DVD (from the UK) -- for which, watch out! It clips about 25 minutes off! The deleted scenes flesh out the male lead's character and the dangerously dark mood of his place and time and thus make him, his marriage, and, thus, Maria, decidedly more complex; they thus make the film more challenging. This regrettable decision dampens down the film's energy and thus, paradoxically, makes it seem slower and longer. As stensson correctly said above, "Not a second too much in any scene" -- so no need for this bad move. Still I'd give even the short version 8 or 9 stars.