You've probably heard of this movie if you followed any of the Oscar/critical recommendations of the last few years. It was so successful it even got an American remake as Downhill, starring Will Farrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. So if you saw that movie, you basically saw this one. I assume. Tomas (Johannes Bah Kuhnke), Ebba (Lisa Loven Kongsli) and their two children are on holiday at a fancy French ski resort. The resort uses controlled blasts to keep snow from building up to deadly avalanches. One occurs very close to where our vacationing family is eating lunch. As everyone panics, Ebba grabs the kids. Tomas...grabs his phone. Shaken by the encounter, Ebba desperately wants to make sense of how she's feeling, only for Tomas to deny the entire affair. What follows are two hours of excruciatingly awkward public discussions as Ebba ropes everyone they know into weighing in on the conflict for the next three days of their vacation.
They called this a dark comedy and hoo boy. It is a lot. If you think toxic masculinity and gaslighting are funny, this'll be a riot. If you think being forced to listen to a couple fighting is hilarious, you will love this, you ghoul. It's currently streaming on Hulu.
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