Fresh
This powerful, funny romantic drama neatly integrates the dilemmas of a girl in love, the girl she loves, a boy who also loves that girl, and that girl's sister.
Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader
Show Me Love
I'd rather be happy now than in 25 years.
1998 · 1h 29m · Not Rated
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Lukas Moodysson
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Show Me Love
Overview
Two teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.
Director and cast
- Lukas Moodysson Director
- Alexandra Dahlström as Elin
- Rebecka Liljeberg as Agnes
- Mathias Rust as Johan
- Erica Carlson as Jessica
- Stefan Hörberg as Markus
- Josefine Nyberg as Viktoria
- Ralph Carlsson as Agnes' Father Olof
- Maria Hedborg as Agnes' Mother Karin
- Axel Widegren as Agnes' Little Brother Oskar
- Jill Ung as Elin's Mother Birgitta
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
90%
Tomatometer
Fresh
While the storyline has few surprises, the central performances create a touching relationship, despite the suspicion that the male writer/director's interest in the subject is slightly dubious, or at least tokenistic.
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
Fresh
Dahlstrom and especially Liljeberg are first-rate.
Jeff Millar, Houston Chronicle
Fresh
High school, small town, teenagers in hormone hell -- or is that heaven?
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Fresh
A completely charming reality-based romantic fantasy, both sweet-natured and sympathetic.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
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