‘A Man Called Otto’ Review: Tom Hanks, Mariana Trevino, And A Cat Make This American Remake Irresistible
28.12.2022 - 22:51
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When you have an international best seller that was on the NYT list for 42 weeks and then made into a multi-Oscar nominated Swedish film that became the third most successful in the history of that country Ingmar Bergman called home, you might wonder what the need was for an American english language remake? The answer is a chance to give Tom Hanks a role he can run with, and most importantly to bring a very human, often funny, character-driven story back to light in a time that needs it more than ever.
The Swedish film, A Man Called Ove was a big hit in 2015, as was the book by Fredrik Backman, and it happened to contain a lead performance by Rolf Lassgard that soared. He played Ove, a cranky widower who when he wasn’t insisting on everyone doing things his way or the highway in his self-contained neighborhood, he was figuring out ways to commit suicide in order to join his late wife who had died of cancer.
Screenwriter David Magee and director Marc Forster have not altered the basic plot for this Pittsburgh-set remake now titled A Man Called Otto, but unlike another Pittsburgh-set Hanks movie, A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood which earned Hanks a Supporting Oscar nomination as the gentle Mister Rogers, this one gives its star to operate at full crank levels until we inevitably see his transformation into a man with a very big heart. We know it is coming, and that is what makes the familiarity of this tale actually work so well. It is comforting, and Hanks navigates it with the expert skill you would expect. It is nice to see him doing comedy again as well. It has been a while, but this earns its laughs and smiles in completely believable ways, never forced thank god.
A Man Called Otto benefits from a strong
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