Her er Harold (2014)

	Also Known As: Here is Harold
	Year of first release: 2014
	Director: Gunnar Vikene
	Actors: Bjørn Sundquist, Björn Granath, Fanny Ketter
	Country: N
	Genre: Drama, Black comedy
	Conditions of visioning: 07.11.2015, CineStar2, Norvegian/Swedish with English subtitles
Synopsis: After 40 years, Harold's (Sundquist) successful business selling furniture, is bankrupt when IKEA decides to open a new superstore right next door. In anger and despair, he decides to go to Sweden to kidnap the IKEA-founder himself, Ingvar Kamprad (Granath).
Review: The story is really good. This Norvegian comedy laughs at Swedes and Norvegians. The black humour is excellent, even if the movie is not only a comedy as it shows many dramatic moments. Some scenes are just hilarious. The dark looks toward the IKEA store. The fight in the icy water and what follows. It is also a nice way to attack one drawback of capitalism, that the small companies and in particular the small retail shops are eaten or make bankrupt by the large ones. The acting is good. I found the secondary characters actually more convincing and thus also funnier than the main character of Harold. The lost girl Ebba (Ketter) and Ingvar Kamprad. The seriousness of Harold is really funny as well.  The camera driving is good and I see it with lots of respect, especially for the scenes in the snowy woods, in which I feel it very smooth. Well, in Scandinavia, they are used to it.
Rating: 7 /10