Tomorrow’s Youth: A Bit Messy, But Hits Home

So, I saw Tomorrow’s Youth last night, this hot new flick by Sara Kaprinsky (she’s sort of our own Ruben Östlund, just with less pretension and more actual fun). I’ve been chewing on it all day, like an old kanelbulle. The cast is wild: Alicia Vikander really giving it gas, and then you’ve got Fares Fares doing that sideways grin that always makes me think he knows something we don’t. And produced by old Per Andersson too, which… honestly? Shows a bit. Film’s got this just-let-it-happen vibe.

Okay, plot. It’s about a group of Stockholm kids in 2042 messing about – some climate protest, lots of retro music, uncomfortable family dinners. Typical Tuesday, right? Wasn’t super clear all the time what the point was, but that’s kind of fun, too. What smacked me right in the nostrils was how real the teenage awkwardness felt. I had this flashback to my own ’95 summer, just some midsummer night in Motala, trying to impress a girl at Folkets park. Was I cool? Not even close. But these kids, at least, got good music.

Music! Elephant & Castle did the soundtrack, and man, it’s one of those synthy, humming, plinky soundtracks that gets under your skin or drives you nuts. Depends what mood you’re in. I still hear it bumping when I try to wash the dishes.

Sometimes the dialogue’s painfully “woke”, and other times it’s so old-school it’s like listening to my grandma rant about “ungdomar nu för tiden.” Should you watch it? If you ever felt a bit lost (or too sweaty in a teenage disco), you’ll find something here. It’s weird. It’s shaky. Maybe that’s the point. Skål för det!

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