The tentative nature of these couplings and the social environments that could threaten to undermine them suggest that these stories are only beginning. But I'm rooting for both couples anyway. Call me a romantic.

| Jan 11, 2021

With honesty, charm and an uncanny sympathy for all its characters, it takes us deep inside the awkward and exhilarating experience of first love.

| Mar 6, 2018

This powerful, funny romantic drama neatly integrates the dilemmas of a girl in love, the girl she loves, a boy who also loves that girl, and that girl's sister.

| Jul 18, 2007

While the storyline has few surprises, the central performances create a touching relationship, despite the suspicion that the male writer/director's interest in the subject is slightly dubious, or at least tokenistic.

| Feb 9, 2006

Dahlstrm and especially Liljeberg are first-rate.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 21, 2005

Moodysson's story may be an old one -- the taboo romance between lovers from different ends of the school spectrum -- but his sharp script refreshes old themes.

| Dec 2, 2002

High school, small town, teenagers in hormone hell -- or is that heaven?

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 19, 2002

A completely charming reality-based romantic fantasy, both sweet-natured and sympathetic.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Feb 7, 2001

This lively comedy should strike a chord with bored teenagers everywhere.

| Jan 1, 2000

A breath of fresh air in a genre too often controlled by Hollywood teen-pap.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 1, 2000

Right away this film grabs attention with documentary-style close- ups and upends teen movie cliches.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Moodysson creates a fictional world that has all the aesthetic rawness and grittiness of a documentary.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

The movie is funny, gentle, and true.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

What keeps us watching are Liljeberg and Dahlström, both beautifully natural, and the hope that we'll get to see them together.

| Jan 1, 2000

The film has some charm and a winning simplicity but not an iota of depth.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 1, 2000