Opening: (Tour de) FORCE MAJEURE
There is a certain kind of Scandinavian black humor that when done well, is just about the funniest comedy around. This was on prime display in Morten Tyldum's Headhunters from a few years back. That film took a crime thriller and injected it with a hilarious Norwegian sense of humor to a degree of success that few movies have reached since.
In Force Majeure, Swedish director Ruben Östlund attacks this challenge head on. Amazingly, he succeeds wildly. Force Majeure is one of the funniest films of the year. It also sets a new high water mark for Scandinavian black comedy.
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This is an excerpt from our original review from Fantastic Fest 2014. You can read the entire review right here. Force Majeure opens in select theaters on Friday, October 24.
