Wonderful

Rating: 10/10 (8 January 2012)

This was a great movie. One of the best I've seen in a good while. Alfredson nailed the pace most suitable for a story like this. There are sharp turns and twists (of sorts) in the story, but they're not contrived or overdramatized. If you don't pay attention, they can sneak you by. I love this. So often in movies with intricate stories (or attempted intricacies) they bludgeon you over the head with them. Not so here. And Tomas Alfredson manages this feat without making the movie indecipherable.
The acting was great too, of course. Gary Oldman was in good form. But I enjoyed the other characters the most. David Dencik (someone I hadn't really seen or heard of before) has a couple of fantastic scenes (if any of you have seen the movie I think you know what I'm talking about). I also particularly liked Mark Strongs performance.