SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

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

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Even if I'm not part of the target audience for a film like this, I can appreciate a good story if it's well written with interesting characters. The praise for this film from those who love it sails way over my head because I didn't find anything charming about the story or the two principals involved. One only needs to read the language from some of the characters in the movie on the quotes link from the IMDb title page to get an idea how crass this all came across. I didn't have much problem with the story's content or the fact that the main characters were lesbian, but the situations weren't handled with the kind of sensitivity that might have made me sympathetic toward the characters. On top of that, the Swedish title for the movie carries just the most negative connotation I can think of, so if it's meant to impress an audience into viewing, then I think it misses it's purpose. I watched it because it was an IMDb 'Top 250' film in 2001, but it appears that better judgment has taken hold in ensuing years. Beyond that I don't know what else there is to say.

I thought I'd start on my Lukas Moodysson box set. Although I've read many excellent reviews of his films, the only one I've actually seen before is this and I bought the box set simply on the grounds that I loved this film so much.Having now watched the film for the second time I'm not disappointed. This easily takes its place in my top ten films of all time. It's such a sweet film and the acting is just sensational. I never doubted for one moment that this was as close to a portrayal of teenage life as you could get and for that reason alone it deserves its status. I just scanned the comments on IMDb and of 310 comments nearly every one raves about the film, usually giving it 10 stars. Only about a dozen negative comments out of the lot. It seems that if people like this at all they really love it.

I came across this film entirely by chance. So far I have only seen it in fragmentary form on Youtube but I am completely in love with it (my CD is on order). Others here have already described it much more eloquently than I ever could so I won't attempt a synopsis.My adolescent years in a traditional English boys' boarding school in the early 70s could hardly have been more different from small town Sweden yet I identified completely with lonely, beautiful, shy Agnes - so adored and cared for by her understanding parents but so unhappy with her lot, misunderstood and mocked by her petty foul-mouthed schoolmates, yearning for an impossible love.For me Lindsay Anderson's "If...." (1968) has always been the defining movie of my adolescence for its exaggerated, satirical portrait of public school life. That film touches very briefly on the love boys could have for each other but does not explore the territory; love which seemed at the time so perfect and pure, transcending the surrounding cruelty and vulgarity, made all the more poignant by its forbidden nature and the ostracism it entailed. F***ing Amal fills that gap and belongs up there with Anderson's masterpiece.My favourite moments are not the obvious ones of the kissing scene or the dream sequence, but the sight of Agnes' tear stained face as she types her thoughts into her computer and her quiet nod of assent in the cubicle. The ending is uplifting but I was left with doubts. Would Elin really have had the courage to do this? Is it just a passing whim for her? Perhaps that is why the film is made to end so quickly. The perfect moment had been arrived at and bliss like this can never be sustained, or perhaps ever repeated.

I'd say this movie is "okay". I've read a lot of other user comments and many have made it out to be a all time lesbian movie favorite - which I disagree with completely. I suggest serious films such as Aimee & Jaguar, Lost & Delirious and Fingersmith where they convey the storyline in a manner that draws in the full emotion of the audience. The plot unfolded in an undramatic way where the storyline was very predictable. The character Agnes looked 12 instead of 16, and the kissing scene was VERY awkward.However, there were also many positives from the movie. It dealt with teenagers coming to terms with their sexuality and the self denial they go through.