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Evil Reviews

2003

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This fifties era coming-of-age tale recounts the horror of life at a traditional boarding school. Sixteen year-old Erik's violent tendencies lead to his expulsion from school. He is moved to a private academy where evil is systematized in the form of condoned oppression of younger students by the older ones. Read more

Starring	Andreas Wilson, Henrik Lundstrom, Gustaf Skarsgard, Linda Zilliacus
Director	Mikael Håfström
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- 'It's easy to see why EVIL was Oscar-Nominated in 2004...(with) its brilliant young actors (and) peerless cinematography.
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- - Hotdog
  - 21 Dec 2007 at 02:30
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  Evil (Ondskan)
  
  When Eric is expelled for fighting, from yet another school, his mother funds one last chance for Eric to complete his final year at an exclusive boarding ... read more »
  
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  - England
  - 29 Jun 2005 at 12:58
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  liv and one
  
  Erik is a bully at school who gets regularly beaten up by his stepfather with leather belt. He is lethal boxer and excellent swimmer. After losing any hope of ... read more »
  
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- - juradino
  - 701 reviews
  - London
  - 29 Feb 2012 at 21:30
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  Swedish Version of "If..."
  
  The Swedish version of Lindsay Anderson's 'If...'. Some of the characters are caricatures but that only adds weight to the idiocy of the private ... read more »
  
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  - 20 Jan 2012 at 19:40
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  Breaking the cycle of violence......with a bucket of poop!
  
  Erik struggles against a seemingly endless cycle of intimidation and violence as he struggles not to become the thing he hates. Touching, very well acted and ... read more »
  
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- - jesuskenevil
  - 212 reviews
  - Bruton
  - 05 Dec 2011 at 16:11
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  Another excellent example of Sweddish film making.
  
  Brilliant acting. You could almost forget that its a different language. It draws you in. The sweds know how to make good movies. Dealing with storylines that ... read more »
  
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- - CurlyStorm
  - 15 reviews
  - 06 Oct 2011 at 00:41
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  Scandinavian School bullies
  
  In many ways this is a typical public school movie in the spirit of 'If' and 'Tom Brown's Schooldays.' But throw a bullying stepfather and ... read more »
  
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- - MikeLaughton
  - 106 reviews
  - Oakham,England
  - 13 Apr 2011 at 16:51
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  Evil Details 2003
  
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  Tom Browns Schooldays, but without the guts & conviction to get the message across. Worth watching in spite of mediocre acting, dialogue and cutting..... read more »
  
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  - Norfolk
  - 09 Mar 2011 at 20:07
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  a triumph
  
  I had my reservations about this film but I am very pleased to say that within aprox 1min 40 seconds this was totally gone. I loved practically everything about... read more »
  
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- - mightypeep
  - 11 reviews
  - brighton
  - 03 Sep 2010 at 17:42
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  A lesson in human nature
  
  This film is well written, well cast and well acted. Every character was perfect - the ones we were meant to like, we liked. The ones we were meant to hate, we ... read more »
  
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- - Faceishbeast
  - 12 reviews
  - London
  - 12 Dec 2009 at 21:51
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  Evil
  
  Evil
  
  Having come to the film without any previous information I was totally blown away and amazed part of the film was based upon an autobiography. ... read more »
  
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- - MichaelJF
  - 30 reviews
  - Wolverhampton
  - 22 May 2009 at 11:51
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  Not too bad
  
  this was Ok as far as subtitled movies go, I always gauge them by how easy following the plot/movie is whilst reading the subtitles. This was fairly easy and ... read more »
  
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- - kinged
  - 10 reviews
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  - 21 May 2009 at 16:48
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- - 26
  - 2
  Evil (Ondskan)
  
  When Eric is expelled for fighting, from yet another school, his mother funds one last chance for Eric to complete his final year at an exclusive boarding ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 118939
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - England
  - 29 Jun 2005 at 12:58
- - 14
  - 4
  Stunning rites of passage film
  
  When I first saw this film at the cinema I went through everything the main character went through. I was so emotionally exhausted at the end of the film, my ... read more »
  
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- - justcallmeken
  - West Yorkshire
  - 16 Nov 2005 at 23:18
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  Powerful and intoxicating
  
  Wow, that is the best way to surmise this movie, we thought the subtitles might slightly hamper our levels of enjoyment and in truth in the first few scenes we ... read more »
  
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- - Graham
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  - 06 Mar 2006 at 09:47
- - 5
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  Highly recommended
  
  Don't be put off by subtitles - I usually am but decided to give this a go due to the other reviews. This film gives a very different perspective to the ... read more »
  
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  - Essex
  - 05 Dec 2005 at 11:22
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  Different
  
  This is the story of a boy who gets sent to a boarding school as he is expelled from his last school for messing around and fighting. He is bullied and whipped... read more »
  
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- - Katie
  - Faversham Kent
  - 02 Feb 2006 at 08:58
- - 3
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  a triumph
  
  I had my reservations about this film but I am very pleased to say that within aprox 1min 40 seconds this was totally gone. I loved practically everything about... read more »
  
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- - mightypeep
  - 11 reviews
  - brighton
  - 03 Sep 2010 at 17:42
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  Evil
  
  An interesting film, that is sadly not quite as deep nor thought provoking as it might have been. However, it is still worth seeing, not least for Andreas ... read more »
  
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  - 12 Jun 2005 at 19:25
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  Great Movie Swedish Movie.
  
  I loved this movie. It is nice to view the world from another language and country's point of view from time to time. Great Acting and Great story. I think ... read more »
  
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  - London, England
  - 11 Feb 2007 at 01:24
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  A lesson in human nature
  
  This film is well written, well cast and well acted. Every character was perfect - the ones we were meant to like, we liked. The ones we were meant to hate, we ... read more »
  
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- - Faceishbeast
  - 12 reviews
  - London
  - 12 Dec 2009 at 21:51
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  Highly Recommended for something Different
  
  Great film about life at a Swedish boarding school during the 1950's. Interesting storyline, well acted and a pleasant change for the standard American take... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 02 Nov 2005 at 12:02

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  This fifties era coming-of-age tale recounts the horror of life at a traditional boarding school. Sixteen year-old Erik's violent tendencies lead to his expulsion from school. He is moved to a private academy where evil is systematized in the form of condoned oppression of younger students by the ...