A Man Called Otto (2022)

[Wildcard]

Not 100% sold on this. The original Swedish version is one of my favorite movies is the last few years (and currently on Amazon Prime) and I'm afraid they will get over-sentimentalize the film.

[Browncoat]

I really liked the original, too.  I'll probably see this version out of curiosity, but I fail to see how they could improve on "A Man Called Ove".

[Ailianna]

Tom Hanks was on the Graham Norton Show, and he said he loved the original too and that's part of the reason he wanted the character's name to be changed. He said they also consulted with the original filmmakers who apparently liked what he wanted to do with the story. The only clip I saw was pretty good. The female neighbor made me like her in the quick clip a lot.

[AngieBee1]

It's a nice film. It's not too cloying and the emotional beats don't feel overly manipulative. Great supporting cast.

[tres bien]

The book was excellent. Don't know if I'll see this version of the movie 

[athousandclowns]

It wasn’t planned but  saw this movie today after reading some reviews while sitting in the parking lot. I enjoyed it. The actress playing the neighbour was fantastic.  I was pleased to see a father mother and their  preteen and teenagers  with them. Poor Tom had to frown ( wrinkle forehead  ) through out the movie. I recommend it. 
 

[Rickster]

Interestingly, The NY Times says this movie beat opening weekend box office expectations by 50%, especially strong in Middle America, not so much on the coasts.

[Haleth]

Big fan of the book and Swedish movie so I was hesitant about seeing this. It was delightful. Heartwarming and heartbreaking, charming and funny. The actress playing Marisol was wonderful. Hope to see more of her. 

[Browncoat]

I saw this today, and I agree with @Haleth.  It was delightful, and I thought pretty faithful to the original material.  Updated a bit, of course, but nicely done.  

[methodwriter85]

I remember being impressed at how well the Young Tom Hanks did, and wondering if I'd seen him before, and then "Truman Hanks" flashed across the screen credits. LOL

Pretty well done. I really liked the neighborhood lady. I thought it was interesting how they both had a loss they were dealing with and they gravitated towards each other because of that.

 

[Spartan Girl]

Dang, I’m gonna have to read the book now because this was so good.

My mom was upset that Otto still died at the end, even after I pointed out that it was a natural death from his heart condition, and he got to live quite a long time, long enough to enjoy some years with his new found family and that was what was important.

Loved the cat. Wish it had gotten a real name.

Truman doesn’t look as much like Tom as Colin does, but cool they convinced him to play his younger dad.

[methodwriter85]

2 hours ago, Spartan Girl said:

Truman doesn’t look as much like Tom as Colin does, but cool they convinced him to play his younger dad.

Agreed but at this point Colin Hanks cannot pull off being 19 years old. I thought it felt close enough. Although Truman actually reminds me a lot of Alan Thicke's youngest son. I did wonder if they were going to switch to Colin playing Otto for the scenes that were set in the 90's but they chose to de-age Tom instead.

Edited March 19 by methodwriter85

[StatisticalOutlier]

13 hours ago, Spartan Girl said:

Dang, I’m gonna have to read the book now because this was so good.

I saw the Swedish version of the movie and loved it.  Then when this one was coming out, I found the book in a Little Free Library and thought it was a sign to read the book and see the American version, which I'd been on the fence about because I liked the original so much.

I made it only maybe 20 pages into the book.  The author has this thing where he uses "as if" constantly.  I don't know if this is actually how the book opens, but the Barnes & Noble starts its description with, "Meet Ove. He’s a curmudgeon—the kind of man who points at people he dislikes as if they were burglars caught outside his bedroom window," and it sure sounds familiar.

But then there's another "as if."  And then another.  After about three or four, I went back and circled them, and kept circling every time I encountered another.  At one point, a few pages went by without one, and I thought I could continue the book, but then BAM a bunch in quick succession.  I finally gave up. 

And I ultimately didn't see the American version of the movie, either.