Så jävla easy going (So Damn Easy Going), dir. Christoffer Sandler, 2022, Sweden/Norway, 91m., in Swedish with full English subtitles
Thursday, June 23, 2022, 6:00pm New Parkway
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Joanna’s life is a non-stop tightrope walk. She has severe ADHD, feeling like lights are flashing in her head. Her pills have run out, but the pharmacy won’t give her a refill because she still owes for a previous order. Her mother is gone and her father has such crippling depression that he sits and watches TV game shows all day and can’t even keep the light bill paid. The only way that Joanna can clear her mind is by swimming, the pool acting as her own private little world.
That’s all pretty heavy stuff, ripe with potential for drama, but surprisingly enough, this is a comedy. Astoundingly, it all kinds of works. Joanna is in a bad place when she meets the new girl at school, Audrey, but now we have the makings of a proper coming-of-age comedy. Through twists and turns, some dramatic and others comedic, Joanna comes to grip with herself so that she can connect with Audrey. We get to feel almost (but mercifully not quite) like we’re inside Joanna’s head as she pushes through, and we laugh with Joanna, not at her. Well done, highly recommended.
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