The Mission

There is a lot of crafty weaving going on here. Using any normal template for accessing the quality of a documentary - The Mission would seem to fall flat. It's not particularly informative in the normal sense. It is certainly not captivating, in fact "boring" would be a pretty good description. And it's slow, very slow, slow to the point of nothing happening. Then, just as you are reaching for the remote to put you out of your suffering, it may dawn on you: The slow paced nothingness, the feeling of emptiness, may be exactly what Tania Andersson was trying to convey. The placing of god in any traumatic or, as in this case, mundane situation is as obvious for some as it is incomprehensible for others. The crafty weaving has, possibly, made this work accessible from both sides - leaving all opinions validated. Maybe being bored isn't always a waste of time...