A Man Called Ove is one of the darkest and funniest black comedies I’ve seen in quite some time. The first 10 minutes alone feature an untimely firing, a visit to the graveyard and two suicide ...

Even the popular fiction coming out of Scandinavia—think Stieg Larsson—is dark and bleak, which makes the success of A Man Called Ove an even more delightful surprise.

Nevertheless, upon first encounter, Ove (played by Rolf Lassgard in the present, Filip Berg as a young man and Viktor Baagoe as a boy) comes off as one of those annoying, nosy souls found ...

‘A Man Called Ove’: Film Review. Sweden’s entry in the foreign-language Oscar race, 'A Man Called Ove, is the portrait of a grumpy old man whose neighbors refuse to write him off.

“A Man Called Ove” was shot in 35 days and cost $300,000 to produce — a regular budget for Swedish films. This was Holm’s first time adapting a novel for the big screen, something he ...

With so much turmoil in the world, the power of a charming little bromide like “A Man Called Ove” can’t be underestimated. Against all instincts, Hannes Holm’s small slice of Swedish life ...

‘A Man Called Ove’ 3 1/2 out of 4 stars Stars: Rolf Lassgård, Bahar Pars Director: Hannes Holm Length: 116 minutes Rated: PG-13 for language, thematic content and some disturbing images ...

'A Man Called Ove,' 4 stars. Director: Hannes Holm. Cast: Rolf Lassgard, Bahar Pars, Zozan Akgun. Rating: PG-13 for thematic content, some disturbing images and language.

Ove keeps pushing people away, yet they continue to come back. The old man is lucky to be surrounded by so many gluttons for punishment. Maybe the Swedes, for all their reputation for contentment ...

With so much turmoil in the world, the power of a charming little bromide like “A Man Called Ove” can’t be underestimated. Against all instincts, Hannes Holm’s small slice of Swedish life ...