Recent viewing

"A Man Called Ove" (Sweden, 2015) is both heart-warming and heart-wrenching. An unemployed widower sees no reason to go on living until his annoying new neighbours remind him of his worth and what it's like to be unconditionally loved. Be warned that it contains multiple depictions of suicide attempts* (which I'm opposed to in principle, but they get away with it somehow). Well cast and convincingly acted. I cried three times while watching, then a fourth time the next morning. That next-morning thing never happens, so it had quite an impact.

*I may as well warn you there's more than one in "#ALIVE" as well.

[Seen on: SBS On Demand, Netflix, Kanopy, Netflix, Netflix, Kanopy.]