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Rating: 5/10 (27 May 2005)

I have seen several films made by this director. Although he obviously is talented I find it very hard to put up with the heavy depressive atmosphere that colors all of his films. All characters become wooden, depressive, humorless and irritating. Mourning, that this family is supposed to be feeling, is not at all the same as catatonic stupor or clinical depression as the director seems to imply. To appear to be suicidal is not the same as having a deep emotional inner world. I find this film simplistic, corny, cliché and very predictable.
The director's skilled, no question about that, but he's sadly lacking in humor and vitality. All his films are disturbing in an unpleasant way. Ingmar Bergman and many others do not give you a similar unpleasant feeling although they also deal with difficult questions. I've always felt that this director is very overrated.