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Film Review: 'Force Majeure' Coolly Metafizzical...
Swedish
movies are known for their brooding interiors, but brooding
exteriors? Now there's fresh food for thought, a thought experiment,
that is, which probably best describes this little peach of a movie from
Swedish director Ruben Ostlund. The premise is simple enough: a
'controlled avalanche' in the French Alps goes a little bit out of
control, giving tourists dining on the view and crepes a good scare,
and their split-second reactions a good lesson in metaphysics.
Spoiler alert: get your popcorn before the movie starts, because the
climax comes within the first ten minutes. Everything else is
denouement. Alternative title suggestion: 'Premature
Extrapolation'....
The
French title (better than the Swedish title 'Turist' BTW), translates most obviously to 'Major Force',
but that sounds like a Charles Bronson movie, so 'Act of God' is
probably the better rendition, referring as it does to the clause in
most contracts that allows a way out for everyone, much harm but no
foul; i.e. 'sh*t happens', responsibility must be shared, if the
concept even applies. And that's the plot: when the 'little
avalanche' comes, people revert to basic instincts for survival, if only for a minute. The
wife and mother immediately protects her kids. The husband and
father pulls a George Costanza and makes for the exit, reappearing
only long after the fog of disaster has cleared. Food for thought?
You bet...
Labels:
Force Majeure,
movie,
Ruben Ostlund
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