Markieman234 Review of A Hole in My Heart

A Hole in My Heart (2004)

Moodysson showing up the weaker points of humanity??

[5/10 · 12 March 2006]

Hmph.. this film is strange, unsatisfying, and dull in places. It took a little more effort than it should have to watch until the end. There were a couple of interesting things Moodysson threw in that I noticed, one being that certain random objects get blurred out in most scenes. Initially I thought these to be only objects with brand names on, but upon closer inspection certain parts of clothing get blurred as well. Number two was an almost clever short reference to a far superior work of his, Lilya 4ever. In one of the films many short camera takes you see the porn starlet on top of a bridge, looking out at the road, making the viewer think she's considering suicide, as is the case in the final scene of the aforementioned movie. Having seen Moodysson's other work, "Show Me Love", "Lilya 4ever" and another title investigating life in a convent, another similarity shows up in this film; his rash, abundantly random use of trashy euro trance music. The director uses this to speed up the characters movement and their on screen activities, an unnecessary addition that only aroused annoyance. Perhaps the only remotely interesting quote from the film was shouted by the porn starlet shortly after being assaulted by the male porn actor: "Men are the ones who rape, who kill people, who start wars. Without men, humanity would be far superior". Let us hope that Moodysson's next piece of work will be more on par with his more credible titles.