Just kidding haha! But it would be funny if this film incited more people to join the police force just as Top Gun did for the air force. However, I don't think that's the case for Kopps here in Sweden, nevertheless it still stands as one of the most iconic films from Josef Fares who's been a very influential film in Swedish comedy culture. This movie was also a big part of my own upbringing in Sweden as an immigrant child, so I feel a close connection to this one.
Kopps follows the life of Jacob who works at the police force in a very small village, you know the deal, everyone knows everyone, no crime, only one restaurant where they sell hot dogs and waffles. We get to know the other members of the police force as well! Either way it's a very comfortable life, until that is all shaken by the arrival of Jessica a worker from the Swedish police force HQ that says that they are gonna need to close the police force in the village down due to them having no crime for more than 10 years... so in order to keep their small police force to stay they're going to need to up the crime statistics in their town, with hilarious results!
Let's start with the obvious, this film is FUNNY, I love the humour, it's a blend of reference humour to awkward to quirky to slapstick which is blended in a very fun way. Josef Fares knows his way around a punch line which is also played to every actors strength, as you'll see they're all very good comedians who even do standup and comedy in real life as well (most notably Sissela Kyle in this group). It's also filmed in a very charming manner, like an ode to those American films but in a very small town way, so the film has its own aesthetic despite being a comedy movie (who mostly don't have a good aesthetic). It's very simple but don't let that fool you, it looks beautiful in its simplicity even! I also appreciate the length of this movie, it is short but sweet. It's crazy how all films are almost always 2 hours long nowadays, really don't like that.
Even the music is alright! Making its own tribute to those action film soundtracks but in a small town Swedish movie.
If there's any negatives to say about this movie I guess the ending feels a bit anticlimactic? I won't spoil it here but it ends in a punchline that is funny however they should've done a little bit more to make that punchline deserved.
(It's still a great ending but if I made it I would've changed some of it!).
Check it out if you want a piece of Swedish pop culture, it's a film that's been almost everywhere and everyone knows about it, both this one and Jalla Jalla are amazing!
Kopps follows the life of Jacob who works at the police force in a very small village, you know the deal, everyone knows everyone, no crime, only one restaurant where they sell hot dogs and waffles. We get to know the other members of the police force as well! Either way it's a very comfortable life, until that is all shaken by the arrival of Jessica a worker from the Swedish police force HQ that says that they are gonna need to close the police force in the village down due to them having no crime for more than 10 years... so in order to keep their small police force to stay they're going to need to up the crime statistics in their town, with hilarious results!
Let's start with the obvious, this film is FUNNY, I love the humour, it's a blend of reference humour to awkward to quirky to slapstick which is blended in a very fun way. Josef Fares knows his way around a punch line which is also played to every actors strength, as you'll see they're all very good comedians who even do standup and comedy in real life as well (most notably Sissela Kyle in this group). It's also filmed in a very charming manner, like an ode to those American films but in a very small town way, so the film has its own aesthetic despite being a comedy movie (who mostly don't have a good aesthetic). It's very simple but don't let that fool you, it looks beautiful in its simplicity even! I also appreciate the length of this movie, it is short but sweet. It's crazy how all films are almost always 2 hours long nowadays, really don't like that.
Even the music is alright! Making its own tribute to those action film soundtracks but in a small town Swedish movie.
If there's any negatives to say about this movie I guess the ending feels a bit anticlimactic? I won't spoil it here but it ends in a punchline that is funny however they should've done a little bit more to make that punchline deserved.
(It's still a great ending but if I made it I would've changed some of it!).
Check it out if you want a piece of Swedish pop culture, it's a film that's been almost everywhere and everyone knows about it, both this one and Jalla Jalla are amazing!