Sunday, February 14, 2016

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (2013)

Nominated for Best Hair and Makeup     This is one of the very few comedies actually nominated for anything.  It comes to us from Sweden and is basically Forrest Gump with an accent.

Allan (Robert Gustafsson) is turning 100-years-old but isn't ready to just give up on adventures yet.  He escapes from his nursing home and makes his way to the bus station, where a biker is struggling with a very heavy suitcase.  The biker (Simon Sappenen) hands the case to Allan to watch but Allan just takes it with him.  The biker is very upset because that bag was full of money that was to be delivered to a very influential drug dealer (Alan Ford).  Allan has no idea that a gang of thugs is after him.  He just wants to see the world and remember all the good times in his life, like when he met dictators, scientists, a U.S. President, and Albert Einstein's idiot brother, Herbert (David Shackleton).

There are cops and guns and explosions and it really made me rethink my aversion to Swedish cinema.  It's streaming for free through Amazon Prime so if you have an account, you should give it a try.  You're not going to die of laughter but it's entertaining.

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