Review roundup: 'I'm Not There' tops the rankings

Review roundup offers a quick glance at whether the Swedish papers have panned or praised the latest movie releases.

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The King of Ping Pong (Ping-pongkingen)

"Set in a sleepy town in northern Sweden that doesn't appear to have quite reached the 1990s yet (à la Napoleon Dynamite), The King of Ping Pong follows the lives of two brothers, Rille (Jerry Johansson) and Erik (Hampus Johansson), and charts their turbulent relationship."

The Local 4/5
Aftonbladet 3/5
Svenska Dagbladet 4/6
Göteborgs-Posten 4/5
Dagens Nyheter 4/5
Expressen 4/5
Upsala Nya Tidning 3/5


The Savages

The Savages is an irreverent look at family, love and mortality as seen through the lens of one of modern life’s most bewildering and challenging experiences: when adult siblings find themselves plucked from their everyday, self-centered lives to care for an estranged elderly parent. (Fox Searchlight)

Aftonbladet 4/5
Svenska Dagbladet 5/6
Göteborgs-Posten 4/5
Dagens Nyheter 3/5


I'm Not There

I'm Not There is a film that dramatizes the life and music of Bob Dylan as a series of shifting personae, each performed by a different actor—poet, prophet, outlaw, fake, star of electricity, rock and roll, martyr born-again Christian—seven identities braided together, seven organs pumping through one life story, as dense and vibrant as the era it inspired. (The Weinstein Company)

Aftonbladet 5/5
Svenska Dagbladet 6/6
Göteborgs-Posten 3/5
Dagens Nyheter 5/5
Expressen 4/5
Upsala Nya Tidning 4/5


Cloverfield

Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives. (Paramount Pictures)

Aftonbladet 3/5
Svenska Dagbladet 4/6
Göteborgs-Posten 4/5
Dagens Nyheter 2/5
Expressen 4/5
Upsala Nya Tidning 4/5