GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Pluskylang Great Film overall

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Jenni Devyn Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

dumsumdumfai What a thoughtful film. From the opening caravans, the little bit of real Swedish kitchen history (so the director told the audience in TIFF), to the sombre ending note. the message was clear, the acting understated, the direction firm.Is it a comedy? or an observation that we find unlikely but heartbreakingly true that it is blinding our judgement ? A few years ago, in the midst of 35 films in 10 days, I first saw Bent Hammer's Water Easy Reach. It had the most distinct timing, flow, story, yet it was trying to say something not so obvious. It let me to this choice, and this is an masterpiece.But I can see some would argue that this has only a singular statement about the human condition. But that is exactly the boldness, the care the thought ?

uroskin A film about scientific observation and how it affects researcher and research subject alike set in 1950s rural Norway hardly sounds a promising scenario, but you have to try out Salmer fra kjøkkenet / Kitchen Stories, which screened on Rialto Channel a few nights ago. It's the sort of movie Ingmar Bergman could have made if he had had a sense of humour instead of being the stereotypical dour Swede. It certainly had me on the floor with glee from the opening scene when a troop of identical looking caravan pulling cars cross the Norway-Sweden border where they had to change driving lanes (Sweden drove on the left of the road in the 1950s, while Norway did not) and one of the drivers was physically unwell from having to drive on the "wrong" side of the road. All part of a whole host of digs Scandinavians make at each other, like any neighbouring nationalities do, but it never turned malicious. The Swedish researchers going to observe Norwegian bachelor peasants in their ergonomic use of their kitchens had me slightly squirming in my seat, because it so horribly illustrated bad sociological or psychological research, where observers think they can just watch their subjects go about their lives without actually influencing the situation or behaviour. If it all sounds unpromising or esoteric as a comedy film, don't be disheartened, but try to catch it next time it's on. Scandinavian humour is very droll.

tdowd-2 Picture sitting in a Psych 101 class, and being informed that part of your grade is to take a research survey. A graduate student plunks a stack of paper in front of you, and the first question asks whether you are Person Type A, Person Type B, or Person type C. Being person type R, this presents you with some difficulty. If that graduate student had watched Kitchen Stories, he would have realized that if you try to limit people into pre-determined roles, you sometimes end up missing some of the amazing things that they can do. This message is a playful gibe at social science research, but it opens up to be a much broader topic than you originally think. The characters in this movie, who are very different people, become wonderfully warm, lovable people by simply listening to one another. This is a message that our world might need to hear a lot more of. I'm not sure the casting could have been any better, as the two leads assume their personalities just so perfectly.

stellarbiz I love movies like this... thought-provoking, involving, and then surprisingly funny! Hurrah to the makers who know there are some of us "out there" who enjoy intelligently funny movies! It may take time for us to understand what is going on, or all the nuances of them, but once we "get it"... it's great! Don't be put off by foreign films or subtitled films, great humor is universal, and the great thing about seeing it "at home" is that you can "rewind" to get all the dialog. While there's not a whole LOT of dialog in this movie, it's important. Once you see it you'll want to see it again to understand and enjoy the many layers of humor and interest, too! To think it's based on real life makes it even more humorous! SEE IT... SEE IT... SEE IT!