SPLIT
Watchable. Shyamalan is in the same form as with "Signs" - carefully built up mystery turns to a class B monster fight at the end. It should have developed or, at least, stopped at the discovery of each personality having their own physical characteristics (e.g. only one having diabetes etc.). Luckily it's all made by the Hollywood book therefore perfectly bearable. James McAvoy shines enacting 5 different personalities delightfully. The role of his life.
THE FOUNDER
Recommended. Like "The Social Network" without the tedious bits. About hipster-style (though set in the 50s, that seems to be the best comparison) socially beneficial capitalism versus ruthless capitalism driven by greed. Also, a painstakingly researched story of the world's best known fast food chain and an extensive depiction of America of the 1950s. On the personal level it shows how Ray Kroc and his wife grew apart and the change of life goals led him to a new relationship. But most of all it's a hard-hitting business lesson. Carefully built up tension leads to a shattering finale which stays with you long after.
THE SWEDISH THEORY OF LOVE
Recommended. About
individualism leading to: the largest percentage of single people in the
world, the largest sperm bank in the world, people dead for two years
with no one aware and a popular social activity which is searching woods for
missing people. Astonishing how social engineering has changed Sweden. I thought I knew a lot about the Swedish notion of individualism and freeing a person from family obligations but the results of it surpass whatever I imagined. The fact that about 50% of Swedish women choose to live alone and to have babies on their own, reducing men to the role of sperm donors, is not that surprising taken that even in Sweden being married is associated with cooking and cleaning for the husband. Yet, learning about someone's death two years later, because no one noticed, never seemed to me possible. The whole system sounds like science fiction but it exists for real, just across the Baltic Sea.
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