Headhunters

A colleague strongly urged me to see the film mainly for Synnøve Macody Lund. She turned out to be hot in a Barby doll sort of way. The film however was a little lukewarm. Roger Brown is a headhunter by day and steals rare paintings by night. His partner Ove works for a security firm and deactivates the security system of prospective clients, allowing Roger to slip and make away with the goods. The appearance of Clas Grave (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and his Rubens painting is when things start to get dark and bloody as Roger finds himself on the run. Based on a Jo Nesbø novel, it turns the meaning of a headhunter on its head to its more literal definition but fails to leave a lasting impression.

Rating: * *

O' Horton

Odd Horton (Baard Owe) is retiring from his life long job of an engine driver, I mean train engineer and he is an odd one at that. The film on the whole is odd in a boring kind of a way. A poor follow on to Factotum by Bent Hamer.

Rating: +

The Bothersome Man

Andreas (Trond Fausa Aurvaag) suddenly finds that his life has been handed to him on a plate. A decent job, a home, a woman but nothing seems exciting anymore. Everything just works but it's as if the world has been emptied of its soul. Andreas starts to question and ponder like The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas...

Rating: * * *

Reprise

Philip (Anders Danielsen Lie) and Erik (Espen Klouman-Høiner) are budding writers and best of friends. Philip is the first to plunge into published world and crash his life. As he is recovering, Erik finds his writing career blossoming and you start to float around the lives of the two friends and pressures of the writing world. The film might seem heavy but the brilliant voice over carries you through it.

Rating: * * +