Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Picture sitting in a Psych 101 class, and being informed that part of your grade is to take a research survey. A graduate student plunks a stack of paper in front of you, and the first question asks whether you are Person Type A, Person Type B, or Person type C. Being person type R, this presents you with some difficulty. If that graduate student had watched Kitchen Stories, he would have realized that if you try to limit people into pre-determined roles, you sometimes end up missing some of the amazing things that they can do. This message is a playful gibe at social science research, but it opens up to be a much broader topic than you originally think. The characters in this movie, who are very different people, become wonderfully warm, lovable people by simply listening to one another. This is a message that our world might need to hear a lot more of. I'm not sure the casting could have been any better, as the two leads assume their personalities just so perfectly.

Kitchen Stories (2003)it's abstract with its simplicity. One daily story, that can happen to everyone is schematized and deeply studied in the movie. Kitchen Stories shows us a scientific research using the methods of this research in the film language. Slow to the soul. Elegant presenting of the relationship between two lonely men. Very nice, warm and with subtle humour presents the nature of the people in the North: They have different way and view of life, but they can be real enough. Keeps the feeling of isolation and harmony. At the same time we can feel the 50's everywhere. From the beginning looks close to the daily films made in Eastern Europe years ago, but you notice that it's another, more special story.

Imagine your job entails watching the habits of the people in their kitchens, their comings and goings: from the oven to the fridge, from the washing machine to the cupboard... How come? Well, let's say you're an employee of an enterprise that's looking forward to optimize the arrangement of people's houses to make their life more comfortable (???). You just sit there and watch your assigned "specimen". No talking, no communication between you and him. Now imagine you're the "specimen", and that there's a man sit on your kitchen observing your behavior!!! Yeah, it's such a crazy plot, but it comes in handy for the director to express his message: man is a social creature and everybody needs someone sometime.A small movie about small people, calm and intimate. It will make you snore by the second sequence if you're looking for some action... Otherwise, if you don't mind about contemplative cinema, this movie's gonna leave you a nice taste in your mouth.*My rate: 7/10

The film starts out great, with a mock instruction film about the habits of Swedish housewives. After that we get a detailed reconstruction of post-war Scandinavia with lots of amazing cars, electronic equipment and interior design; a minimal jazz score, nice cinematography and stylish titling. Also there's some funny Scandinivian rivalry like in Von Triers 'Riget'.Sadly, after the set up, "Kitchen stories" collapses like the Twin Towers on 9/11.Actors who try to portray the emotion 'jealousy" by just staring in front of them. Corny dialog filled with stale gay symbolism in the vain of: "I don't like white swans, I prefer bears and wolves... u ever tasted bear meat?" The music becomes cheesier than Yann Tiersen at his worst.It's a pity the director put all the effort in this great set-up, just to screw it up after-wards.