Third time around with this Lukas Moodysson classic. Prompted by the realisation that he made Tillsammans 99 (2023) while I wasn't watching. Also Ola Norell (later Ola Rapace) was in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017), and Michael Nyqvist in A Hidden Life (2019).
As cringe comedy it felt like Moodysson crested the Dogme 95 wave with steadier camerawork and a soundtrack drawn entirely from the scenario. That early kitchen scene is still the best. The ending felt unearnt.
Roger Ebert: three stars and a very dodgy lagom-for-me-tack review. Stephanie Zacharek at length. Dave Kehr at the New York Times. Wikipedia has all the details. Nobody compared it with Mike Leigh's English realism.
