Synopsis
Britt-Marie, a woman in her sixties, decides to leave her husband and start anew. Having been a housewife for most of her life and living in the small backwater town of Borg with few jobs available, she soon finds herself fending a youth football team.
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Cast
- Pernilla AugustBritt-Marie
- Peter HaberKent
- Anders MosslingSven
- Malin LevanonBank
- Vera VitaliAnna
- Olle SarriFredrik
- Mahmut SuvakciMemo
- Lancelot NcubeSami
- Jonathan WikingAudience member (uncredited)
- Cecilia MiloccoMamma
Recommendations
- 75
RogerEbert.com
Britt-Marie Was Here is based on a novel by Fredrik Backman (A Man Called Ove), whose themes often include cranky people who isolate themselves and community sports that bring people together. Thankfully, he and director Tuva Novotny keep the characters astringent and his tone wry, so it never gets cuddly or cloying. - 70
The New York Times
Britt-Marie Was Here is a relatively unchallenging yet ultimately pleasant watch. - 60
Arizona Republic
Britt-Marie Was Here succinctly crams in plenty of overwrought tropes but maintains a sentimental heart with its prickly heroine. Is it revolutionary? Not by any means. But is every journey of self-discovery supposed to be? - 50
Los Angeles Times
The film can’t quite surmount its fanciful conceit. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
The most refreshing thing about the movie is having a more mature woman at the center of the action, and August knows not to overreach here. She is dryly funny, but also subtly affecting, and it’s a pleasure to watch her heart and mind slowly but surely open up to life’s possibilities. - 50
Washington Post
It’s both a success and a shortcoming of Britt-Marie Was Here that the flashbacks to her younger years, and the discovery of what happened to her more free-spirited sister, represent the film at its fullest emotional capacity. - 10
Film Threat
Its portrayal of Britt-Marie sometimes feels condescending, several of its plot turns make no sense, and its visuals add nothing that wasn’t already there in the original book.
