A Viagem

Tommy Wirkola lida com crises conjugais de forma diferente do que Woody Allen. Igualmente engraçada e criativa, mas muuuito diferente. O que me fez lembrar por que gosto tanto de filmes bem-feitos de cineastas competentes que gostam de fazer o seu trabalho e têm boas intenções connosco, o público. A viagem é a versão norueguesa de filmes de género americano onde tudo fica inesperadamente complicado e sangue aparece. Muito de humor negro e sério, grotescamente brutal e com alma. Não completamente original no assunto, mas inventiva nos personagens e as suas camisolas. Apesar da sua simplicidade inicial, é no final nutritivamente editado e escalado exatamente como o espetador satisfeito exige. O elenco é excelente! (29/10/2021)

Check it out, it's really funny, he said. And although it's not a comedy the way I normally think of them, he was right. The comic aspect here, among other things, works brilliantly. The characters are likable and lukewarm at the same time, making for a rather unique spectacle that you definitely don't want to walk away from. (14/12/2021)

When I saw Tommy Wirkola's name attached as director, I had no doubt this film was going to be a blast. The film is a wild ride about two people who head to a cabin with the intent to kill each other, only to find themselves caught in a series of absurd and unexpected situations that turn into a fight for survival. I had a great time watching it — it gave me serious Shaun of the Dead vibes, which is the gold standard for me when it comes to this kind of film. The only thing missing was a punchier soundtrack. If that had been there, I wouldn’t have hesitated to give it five stars. Still, Noomi Rapace and Aksel Hennie were absolutely fantastic. (22/10/2021)

We already know that Tommy Wirkola is talented and even though this time he chose a more intimate film than his previous works, it works well, even if I have minor complaints. It's a bit of a variation on the Russian film Why Don't You Just Die!, but more in tone, style and brutality than in concept. A married couple go to a cabin with the intention of killing each other, and this is complicated by an unexpected visit from three idiots. The pacing is slower and the humour works about halfway. It's a kind of adult humour where serious topics are discussed with a light and black-humored tone so it depends on taste, I would have liked something a little different and would definitely have cut the film by about 30 minutes. When it came to the violence, however, Wirkola is nicely brutal, spares no great ideas and makes great use of all the tools around him (though there are a couple of sequences that are just a tease, like the one with the shotgun and the one with the lawnmower). Overall, decent and entertaining, but I was slightly hoping to be a bit more satisfied. Story 3/5, Action 4/5, Humor 3/5, Violence 4/5, Fun 4/5 Music 3/5, Visuals 3/5, Atmosphere 4/5, Suspense 3/5, Emotion 3/5, Actors 3/5. 7/10. (15/10/2021)

Mr.and Mrs. Smithsen meet (Not so much) Funny Games Norway. Tommy Cirkula Wirkola introduces the tools for future carnage in one of the scenes, but he was unable to introduce the characters throughout the film. Roy's Nazi stool saga isn’t exactly the pinnacle of humor, and after a series of unnecessarily stretched scenes, it was only a matter of time before the humor would die from thinness. (20/10/2021)