With Every Heartbeat (2011)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Memorable, crazy movie

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

SPOILER: Mia Sundström is engaged to Tim Brattahall. Mia's father Lasse is getting married to Elisabeth. At a party, Mia catches her first glimpses of Elisabeth's daughter Frida. It's lust at first sight. The two women have a secret affair while they're on a trip. Frida has her gay partner Elin. The secret lovers struggle with their mutual attraction and their ongoing commitments.This is a Swedish lesbian-theme indie. I can't help but think that this would have been edgy back twenty years earlier. It is simply an illicit affair film. There is an every person quality about this relationship. It doesn't get much simpler than watching from across the room and falling in love. Maybe its unoriginality should be celebrated. The acting is fine. This film is perfectly good.

I don't see how anyone could rate this movie poorly. It had a great plot and great actors. Too many times have I seen movies like this and they always turn out bad so it was great to see one that didn't follow the majority. Personally I found the actress that played Mia amazingly talented. She is able to show every emotion just through her big beautiful eyes. Throughout the movie her face would be devoid of any expression but her eyes showed everything. It was great. The only reason I gave a 9 out of 10 is because I speak English so I had to read subtitles and that takes away a bit from the greatness of the movie. I recommend it highly and you won't be disappointed.Cons: English subtitles Pros: Ruth Vega Fernandez (Mia) was exceptional. The playfulness between Mia and Frida. Basically everything was great about the movie. Even the cute kid brother Oskar and the fiancé.

Well I rented this for one sole reason, just to complain about it. Well there's not much to complain about, except it was rather pointless. Here's a short review. I hope my politically correct terms do not offend any one, I have to put this disclaimer because the internet is full of oversensitive people. May contain an obvious spoiler, beware.From the cover, I thought it would be another mindless lesbian flick just like room in Rome, my god did that movie suck. Unlike that film, this has characters and a generic love story, and of course, it's not porn. So it is an actual film, which surprised me, but it still was just meh. Now, I notice lesbians are always portrayed as beautiful women, never you know, a regular human being. Judging by how many of these films there are, my conclusion is that these films are not made for the sake of film making, but instead to satisfy peoples cravings. How many movies are about homosexuals, I can't even think of one. No, it's always women, maybe because men will want to watch it, and there for increase profits. Sex always sells, unfortunately talent rarely does.Anyway, back to the film. It's just a generic love story about forbidden love, but then there is a happy ending. Blah, blah, blah, the film is pointless. I never believed the characters, especially during the first love scene, they over acted a bit too much, like the scene from Watchmen. And the tear running down her face, come on what a bunch of cheese. The whole film is just bland and boring. The environments are depressing, it's just so awful.I know no one will take my advice, but stay away.

I just saw this yesterday, and was left with mixed emotions. The film has some qualities, but it doesn't really follow through. As others have pointed out, the film follows a very simple love story, and there's nothing wrong with that as long as it's well-executed, but this wasn't. Throughout the film I never really cared about the relationship, mostly because it wasn't developed enough to be interesting, but it I also didn't find the characters to be likable. Most of the screen time with the two leads is them either staring at each other or having sex, most of which doesn't further the story what so ever.It's all very Swedish-film-y, if you wanted to you could probably make a drinking game out of every time a character breaks a long tense silence with -Du..?, and you are constantly reminded of the upper-middle-class-ness of the characters. Another thing that bothered me is that EVERY SINGLE ONE the characters smoke. It's not that I think it's bad, there's just no point of it, it doesn't bring anything to the movie and it isn't really realistic either. The most memorable scene for me is when they see deer in the woods, but I actually think the film would be better without it. It doesn't fit, it just looks as if they've taken left-over footage from a LOKA commercial and put it in for effect.Basically, it's OK, but not more. The acting is uneven and the entire movie becomes nauseatingly predictable and over-emotional towards the second half. If you're only going to see one Swedish film with lesbians 'fucking åmål' is far superior.