Hur som helst är han jävligt död (2000) User Reviews

In the beginning nothing happened, later...

[cj80 · 1/10 · 13 May 2002]

...nothing happened.

Unfortunately this movie is nothing but a big mistake by such a qualified Swedish director, Kjell Sundvall. And also two high-class actors, or at least one, Peter Haber.

The movie is dialogue, and more dialogue, and after 40 minutes nothing interesting had happened in the movie at all. This is a low-budget-flick with a lot of dialogue. It reminds me of another low-budget movie, with a lot of dialogue, that is on the other side of the grading scale, Clerks (1994) by Kevin Smith. Rent that instead and do not waste either time or money on this one.

1/10

A Really bad movie

[joakimeng · 1/10 · 3 January 2003]

Personally this is the most awful movie I have ever seen!! The story is so meaningless and the thing do not get started until the last 15 minutes. Not Kjell´s greatest and I recommend rather a Beck and this one...

Not a great movie, but not as bad as its reputation either.

[ntse-kaambl · 6/10 · 7 June 2024]

This is a 90s movie with a very bad reputation. But in my mind it deserves some more recognition than it gets. It is a slow movie with mostly dialogue, its not until the end the "action" starts. I think people missunderstands this one quite a bit. The interesting piece of this movie is not about the death of the.journalist (a spoiler but this is what the title of the movie refers to), the interesting part is to see the two writers played by Peter Haber and. Dan Ekborg go through their writing habits, discussing and arguing between eachother while both being narcissistic and full of hot air. It is quite funny to see these two writers who thinks of themselves as quite genious, while in reality probably at the very best quite mediocre hyping themselves up to the skies. One real person that probably inspired these two is the famous swedish writer and journalist Jan Guillou. That is speculation from my side though and its up for interpretation. It is not a movie you should watch for "action" or cool events...because the entire movie is pretty much just these two strange writers coming up with bizarre ideas and blowing themselves up, full with hot air. I found the movie quite entertaining and i feel it is quite missunderstood. Its not a great movie by any means...but it deserves better than its awful reputation.

Misunderstood masterpiece

[AlBundy86 · 10/10 · 15 August 2014]

When I talk to people and I mention this movie almost none have ever seen it. The few that have seen it always have the same opinion about it, they hate it. The most usual complaint is that almost nothing happens in the movie, but here's the kicker: It is not supposed to.

What the movie is trying to show is a normal day of two paranoid, hypochondriac and narcissistic writers. The dialogue is hilarious as they discuss everything from existential questions to potential conspiracies surrounding the murder of the Swedish prime minister Olof Palme.

Another thing that makes the movie great is the performances from the two lead actors, Dan Ekborg and perhaps Swedens best actor, Peter Haber. The chemistry between the two are fantastic and they really seem to have a fun time filming it.

I consider this to be Swedens most underrated movie ever and it is destined to reach cult status in the future. I will watch this movie many more times and I will lead the battle for this movie to get the recognition it deserves.