jutandbecs Reviews

My Summer of Love (2004)

Impressed with the portrayal of Christianity

[6/10 · 23 August 2005]

Pretty much everything has been said about this film from +ve and -ve points of view, except to comment on the incredibly accurate portrayal of the Christians in this film.

The prayer meetings and the singing could have been lifted straight from many evangelical Anglican churches at the moment. I was so impressed that they had tried hard to get an accurate and balanced portrayal, walking a very difficult line letting the viewer bring their own opinions and interpretations of evangelical Christianity to the film. It makes a change for anyone to go to that much trouble to get it right. I would love to know who advised on these scenes!

Levottomat 3 - kun mikään ei riitä (2004)

Personally, I enjoyed it!

[8/10 · 22 October 2004]

I really enjoyed this film and I agree with the reviewer who said that you can't just put in plot twists for the sake of it. The issue of addiction and its destructive power was dealt with very well and to overplay it or make it more 'sensational' would devalue the issues that were raised within the film.

It was interesting to see an addiction like this from a female point of view for a change, and it was good to see a woman with a life like an advert descend into an addiction that could undo all the work she had put in to having a life that we all supposedly dream of (marriage, 2.4 kids, beautiful house, great career, plenty of money). And in this day and age of product placement, do we really care that they drove Audi cars?