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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A raw film of a postal worker and his romantic exploit(s), January 27, 1999
By A Customer
The key to this movie is the actors; they are not the beautful hollywood airbrushed fictional dolls. The actors in the film are real. They make the story real. As a product of a glum, drab city lifestyle, the characters fit in nicely with the surrounds, making the film all the more intriging, compelling the watcher see past the mere story and into the life of the characters.i will not give away the plot, but here is an idea of what this is all about: the story of a apathetic norweigen postal worker, living a lonely life in the city. lonely in a crowd. he developes a crush on a grrl on his route. and there the trouble ensues! Anyone familiar with charles bukowski's writing will love this movie, as will anyone disgruntled with their job, or a romantic, or loves black comedy, ot enjoys the obscure. see it, and enjoy!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The other side of ....Norway, August 25, 2004
Paal Sletaunes film was nominated for Oscar in the cathegory of best foreign film. I, among several other Norwegians, thought it better that the movie didn't win: imagine what it would do to our tourism! Norway turns out to be more than the midnight sun, fjords and folklore.
The protagonist Roy is everything your mother tought you not to be: he is a laidback, filthy, irresponsible and intruding young man. Not the man you want to deliver your mail! His environment is a side of Oslo that I never have seen, and sincerly hope that I never will be exposed to!
The humor is as black as it gets! If you like Lock Stock and Snatch, you might like this very much! You will not find as much violence though!
The film to pic if you're bored with the slick, politically correct hollywood crap!
I was searching for the DVD...wanting to watch the fim again!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The postman doesn't ring at all !!, October 18, 2008
Junk Mail, 1996 a romantic thriller, and with a humorous dark comedy style about a mailman who is low-life, pathetic loser complete with a voyeuristic character. Roy Amundsen lives and works on the seedy part of Oslo, Norway; he is scrungy, eats spaghetti out of a can, and a terrible mailman who nonchalantly dumps stacks of mail from his route, opens other people's mail, or steals it for some excitement to add to his humdrum life.
The director, Pal Slateune, has given the viewer another side of Norway, a gritty, sleezy, section of town with oddball, screwy characters.
One day, a young girl, Line, partially deaf girl who works at the dry cleaners. She accidently leaves her keys in her mailbox and Roy steals the key, and makes a copy for himself and peruses her apartment. With his own key to her place, he comes back another time and makes himself at home.
Some might feel Roy is disgusting, but he isn't dangerous, he's just a bumbling loser and a real creep. His superiors at the post office don't give him much thought, especially when they have to give him an accommodation award when he got beat up by thugs who tried to steal the mailbag. Roy couldn't let go of the mailbag because the strap got stuck in the altercation. He is a fool whose voyeurism and snooping opens up the storyline to a thriller/murder. With Roy hiding out in her apartment, Line comes home and fearful of her partner in crime, Georg calling on the phone, she attempts a suicide and overdoses. Here, the story takes another turn.
Everything worked in this film, the storyline connected very well; it was kind of Seinfeldian, few subplots connecting well. Very humorous.
I don't believe this film is available in DVD yet, and it may be hard to find apart from Amazon. The subtitles are easy to read and in large type. This is an enjoyable movie. The film won First Prize at the International Critic's Week Cannes Film Festival and Jury Prize at the Naples Film Festival in Italy.
I recommend another dark comedy, French film Delicatessen. Rizzo
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