The idea for the story is quite good, albeit not unique. Girl on the run disguises herself as a boy to mask her identify.
But that's where it ends. Just a good idea poorly executed.
Try to forget for a moment that Sarah-Sofie Boussnina (who plays Ester aka Ola) is a female. A real, feminine looking and acting female. Well, you can't. She looks like a girl (even with her short hair in 1942) and she speaks like a girl. All her mannerisms and affectations are feminine. A boy of her age, in 1942 Norway would not have gone into the kitchen to help the wife with kitchen prep. Today? Yes, certainly but not in rural 1940's Scandinavia.
Great scenery, some good period-correct props, and... that's about it.
But that's where it ends. Just a good idea poorly executed.
Try to forget for a moment that Sarah-Sofie Boussnina (who plays Ester aka Ola) is a female. A real, feminine looking and acting female. Well, you can't. She looks like a girl (even with her short hair in 1942) and she speaks like a girl. All her mannerisms and affectations are feminine. A boy of her age, in 1942 Norway would not have gone into the kitchen to help the wife with kitchen prep. Today? Yes, certainly but not in rural 1940's Scandinavia.
Great scenery, some good period-correct props, and... that's about it.