Just Another Love Story (18)

Went to see JALS with gf on Fri nite @ Odeon Cov Gard. Will try to keep this as spoiler-free as poss. Plusses: Berthelsen, a level and correctly unhistrionic perf as Jonas; Fich, even better as Mette, who lit up pretty much every scene she was in; the violence, which wasn't overdone; and the cinematography, which gave JALS a good sense of 'place'. Minuses: the unnecessary American Beauty opening and close; Julia, not well-written enough a character to be the hinge of the plot; Sebastian, almost a cartoon villain; the attempts, in both voiceover and dialogue, to convince us the film was imparting a message of any profundity whatsoever; biggest of all, the absence of any real internal logic. Is it conceivable that Jonas, who didn't look too unhappy at the start, would turn to Julia after one sexual knockback from Mette? More evidence of tension/resentment/waning of sexual or romantic passion between the two would have made his pursuit of the madness of/within Julia more credible. Also, is it remotely believeable that Jonas would have done what he did in the hospital, for which Dr. Dichmann later upbraided him (don't know how else to put it without spoiling!) which, if you think about it for even a moment, makes him, to put it mildly, utterly sick? And was Mette having a thing with Frank (gf and I disagree on this) ? Despite all of this, JALS is, strangely, extremely enjoyable! We gabbed about the film all the way home and thought it 21 quid well spent. If JALS doesn't tick any boxes for you, avoid. However, if you're even mildly intrigued by what you've read. def go see!