They had a great cast but missed the signature characters special things. The plot was really convoluted and had weird plot holes. Sad this didn't turn out to be what we all expected, a bad script sunk this boat I'm afraid.
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stonearrack25 December 2021
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thomas_bosaeus25 December 2020Not a true review in that sense, just a short warning, this is a very boring "comedy", it totally fails to capture the spirit of the old Jönsonligan movies. Better spend your money and time on something else.
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MisterMajister25 December 2020The (some, great) actors and cinematography didn't stand a chance with this script. The needlessly complicated setup and the repetitive themes makes this movie very tiresome to watch. I lost interest halfway in and left before the climax since it simply wasn't worth my time.
I don't care about the nostalgia of Jönssonligan, this was simply a very poorly executed movie. -
dengholm-125 December 2020This i a terrible film, the script is awful. To many characters, the story jumps from one direction to another. My kids started to watch their phones instead... they even wanted to stop the film to play boardgames instead. The main characters are not even close to the original ones.. Vanheden feels more like dynamit-Harry... Avoid!!!!!!
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micke_laine27 December 2020This movie has many faults. The characters Sickan, dynamite Harry and Vanheden has completely different personalities than before. They have stolen ideas from other movies. Like the one from Bruce Willis movie "Hudson Hawk". When they time everything to songs.
The script is bad. The director seems to just found out about drones. To many shots are made with "drone sweeping" shots. Besides the star actors the acting are bad. Especially the "big boss".
But there are some laughs. Two good jokes in the whole movie.
I can't recall any movie worse than this one. I'm 50 years old so I have seen a lot of bad films. -
mosnorrebo26 November 2021This movie has nothing to do with the Jönssonligan movies. This movie was so bad that it shouldn't ever been made.
Even if was a stand-alone movie so would it gain the same amount of of stars. Not often that I think this about a movie. I even think it's the first time to be honest. -
ClubOfConsa30 December 2020This movie is an insult to the best movie franchise from Sweden. I thought since Henrik Dorsin is such a big fan of the franchise that he at least could bring some dignity to this movie, but no. His imitations of Charles Ingvar just feels pasted and stupid. The charismatic and cool Vanheden is reduced to a cat-loving mummy's boy? And Dynamit Harry is reduced too nothing! And the main villain Wall-Enberg who was one of the most brilliant characters of the old franchise is reduced to an old senile fool. Are they trying to mock our beloved characters?
Doris is obviously the new brain of the gang. Apparently, the filmmakers feel like they need to make Doris an "strong go-girl"-character to make the movie more compatible to the 2020s, but man it feels wrong. If you want to create strong female characters, for god sake, create a new franchise with new characters. Instead of forcing a strong female character at the expense of the real main characters. To force a female character into an old franchise, is a trick they use in all remakes this day - to make the old movies more "up-to-date", but it just feels forced and the result is never well.
The old Johnson Gang was about three out-of-place characters put into our universe. They used their peculiar abilities to commit crimes together, In this movie they don't even establish any characteristics to the characters. Harry for instance is driving the car? All fans of Jönssonligan knows that Vanheden is the driver in the gang! It just proves that the filmmakers aren't taking this task seriously.
This type of "slapstick comedy" was all made better in the 70-90s, franchises like "Sällskapsresan", "Fawlty Towers", "Naked Gun", "Mr.Bean" and the old "Jönssonligan" was all made with charm, style and cleaver humor! However this type of movie has translated awfully into the 2000s, where the filmmakers are going into the trap of making the movie to childish, political correct, spiced with humor that feels like an insult to your intellect, and a braindead script.
Its like the moviemakers think "Hey we are making a cheese comedy, lets just fool around for a couple a months and see whats sticks on the screen". The old Jönssonligan-movies did include both slap stick and cheesy humor, but the story and characters always felt well processed. But in this movie you already in the trailer see sloopy CGI, that look fit enough for a pixar movie, and in the end all the charathers are dancing like fools to some cartoonish music? That is so far from the original Jönssonligan, that was a perfect mix of action, humor, slapstick mixed with a thriller feeling.
Let this be the last Jönssonligan-movie, stop destroying the legacy of the best movies ever produced in Sweden. Really bad movie, a solid 1 of 10. -
jennynaslund29 December 2020A funny and entertaining new life of Jönssonligan. I liked the characters in the gang.
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albinkaren25 December 2020The story is in my opinion way to complicated, the background story could have been way shorter and much simpler made. The movie just seems really inconsistent even for a comedy movie, and I know that twists in comedy movies doesn't necessarily have to be 100 % logical, but they could have least made the twist somewhat funny then.
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imdb-559-82136231 December 2020I grew up with the "original" Jönssonligan, and even watched and enjoyed the Danish version, which the franchise is based on. So when I heard about this re-boot, I was a bit sceptical. Or maybe just afraid. Afraid that this new re-boot would damage the old versions, which to me, involved a lot of fund childhood memories.
The "original" version was funny and consisted of some of the best Swedish actors at the time. It was also made in the 80s and 90s, for an audience in the 80s and 90s. It was, back then, relevant. A lot of the jokes hit well because they were typical of the times in Sweden.
This version is not written for that time period. And such, it differs in many ways. If you prefer the old version, and you feel you do not want to tarnish the fund memories they bring, then you will probably hate this movie. If you on the other hand can enjoy the old and be open to the new, then you might enjoy it.
The movie does make a lot of nods to the old films and I feel it pays homage in a nice way. I would probably be more upset if they took out the infamous line "Jag har en plan!" (I have a plan) to be honest.
The new crew is different yet in many ways the same. And the acting is pretty good for this type of film. You don't really take a role in this movie with the aim to get an Academy Award. You can see that the actors had fun with their roles.
It's a solid 8 from me, to some part based on nostalgic love for the franchise. But I did find myself laughing a lot of the time, which is a good sign for me. -
ryggbiff6 January 2021First of all, this is primary a movie that seems to be aimed at ages 8 and up. As long as you have that mindset, this is a quite well made, quirky, adventure movie.
The four of us who watched it were 22-32 and we were all entertained during the entire movie and laughed several times (As always with comedy, it is much better with several people).
I would say that it is definitely a movie that you can watch together with your kids, though it is probably more fun if they're Swedish because of the references. -
Macabre_Garbage27 December 2020Where to begin with this one? I honestly tried to enter this movie with an open mind, but the convoluted plot, the terrible set of characters and the fact that this "comedy" just isn't funny made this "open mindness" quite difficult to maintain.
First of all, the story is all over the place. The central plot and McGuffin aren't all too bad, in fact, it could have been quite interesting if done right. Too bad it isn't. It's all overly convoluted and the story just isn't presented well at all. Besides the pure incompetence (?) of not being able to provide an engaging, comprehendable story, a family comedy does not feel like the right forum for this type of plot. Even if done well it would've felt a bit over-the-top. I could (and should!) have been done waaay more simple. The convoluted main story together with the completely unnecessary side stories also made the runtime overly long. The 2 hours felt like 5.
Talking about unnecessary side plots: let's talk characters, because this movie is full of them, and few of them fill any kind of function. Most characters are paper-thin and completely lack any kind of personality. Paper-thin characters are unarguably common in silly comedies, so that's not my criticism per se, but when you are using such flat characters for emotional scenes like this movie does it just turn out embarrassing and cringey. The movie and its characters simply do not deserve these kind of scenes. They feel awkwardly misplaced. The movie is also full of unmotivated character reactions and illogical character decisions, and on top of it all, almost none of the characters are likeable and funny. The cast itself is good, but they're either horribly miscast or has got nothing to do, of either value or comedic effect.
All of this would have been okay to some degree if the movie itself was funny, but it just isn't, and I can't see too many disagreeing with me on that note. A few smirks here and there, one or two laughs, but that's about it. It's not "cosy", exciting, or presents an interesting message either, so what is there left to enjoy?
As long as this isn't the first movie you've ever seen, and are mesmerized with all the pretty colors and moving pictures, you will probably noy get anything out of it. It's a complete train wreck. An unfunny such. -
j_p_j_p27 December 2020Surely the original Jönssonligan movies were family entertainment, but why reboot the franchise as entertainment that only children could possibly appreciate?
Henrik Dorsin is a genius actor/comedian but clearly he should not be behind the camera. With this and "Åsa-Nisse: Wälcom to Knohult" on his belt, he too must see that it is time to call it quits as a screenwriter.
Thomas Alfredsson is someone else I held great respect for before witnessing this travesty. The "Bert" series was amazing for instance. But perhaps he has brought too much of the kids entertainment from that into the rest of his work.
The creators have clearly misunderstood what Jönssonligan is (was), as is evident by the seriously miscast actors (especially Vanheden and Dynamit-Harry).
Apparently Alfredsson was upset that this went straight to streaming/TV. In my book however, it should not have been shown at all. Let's just hope that they will get the gist and cancel any plans for continuation of the rebooted (butchered) franchise. -
h_gus-1574028 December 2020This is a joke, and a really bad one. A totally disgrace to previous Jönssonligan. How is it possibly that Dorsin could be a part of this rubbish? Nothing, absolutely nothing is funny about this movie.
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petter-5572728 December 2020If you have seen the old Jönssonligan movies from the 1980s, this movie will leave you with a bad feeling. They have completely demolished the excentric and loveable characters of Dynamit-Harry and Vanheden to opaque nothing-characters, and made Doris into a complete different person with absolutely no resemblance to and none of the charm and humour of Birgitta Andersson's original. They start the movie by crediting the original four actors ("To Björn, Birgitta, Gösta och Ulf"), but by the end of the movie this "tribute" seems more like a mockery, since they threw everything their predecessors had done into the garbage bin. The only character that relates to the original in some way is Henrik Dorsin's Sickan. The other characters frankly seem to be there just to fill out the space around Sickan. It makes you wonder why they did this into a Jönssonligan-film at all, and not just a completely new film.
On top of this, the script isn't great, there are way too many characters and way too many loose ends just left hanging. There's also an almost complete lack of humor throughout the film, that almost becomes distressing.
The (only) highlights of the movie are found in the retro feeling of the sets and in Lena Olin's and particularly Reine Brynolfsson's acting as the criminal couple Anita and Televinken. But that is far from enough to compensate for the ill-doings of the rest of the film. -
lillrobin987 January 2021Please dont spend your time and watch this piece of garbage!!!!
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theomini27 December 2020Really a big disappointment and the kids almost fell asleep No one in our family enjoyed this from the age of 11-48 Poor story and absolutely not at all a movie we can recommend
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perlindforss25 December 2020Thomas Alfredson has really given the old Jönsson liga saga a fresh face-lift. The humor is superbly witted and understated. Some of the references, like Anita and Televinken may not be understood by younger viewers but that will not make their scenes less funny. To see Lena Olin participate in this kind of light comedy was a treat but also the entire crew was great and Henrik Dorsin as the new lead character was fantastic. The casting on this movie was superb. The play with words lke the "hotlainen" was wonderful as were many of the other scenes. I hope we will see more of this "gang" in, coming movies. It is too bad that the covid pandemic is stopping it from a theatrical release but anyone who has a chance should stream this or rent it (once available). Well done team and please Thomas,Henrik, Rikard, write more movies for us!
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watsone-5704527 December 2020Worst jönssonligan ever, please don't do more!! TO much like the kids movies then the original. really really bad!!
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antonkarlssoncoyg14 January 2021Går man in med förutsättningen att den ska vara likadan som de gamla filmerna är man dum och kommer bli besviken.
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fredrickcarlsson28 February 2021This latest installment of the popular "Jönssonligan"-series is a bit of an odd one for sure. Reviews seems to be very polarizing and I can definitely understand why. "Se Upp För Jönssonligan" works similarly to Alfredsons earlier work "Bert den siste Oskulden" in that it takes part in a kind of fictionalized pastel world drawing on late 60s kitsch and early 90s cool. It reminded me in parts of "Napoleon Dynamite" and "An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn".
As a long time fan of Tomas Alfredson I found it charmig and positively strange, and remember laughing out loud a couple of times.
It's a film with some problems though. The editing is quite jagged, the main characters seems oddly miscast (some actors should have just swapped roles with each other), some jokes are missed or lost and the story structure is a bit strange. BUT it IS still a film filled to the brim with fun side characters, quaint details and delightfully quirks.
I'd recommend it for sure, but don't go in expecting a "normal" Jönssonligan-film. This one doesn't act or feel like they used to. And I think that's a good thing. -
srna18-127 December 2020The acting is a laugh. The script is thin. The story is to complicated and the"comedy" is not funny at a all. One of the worst Swedish movies ever. Spend your two hours on something else.
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floujt23 January 2021So much pointless content! Sad when both screenwriter and director try to mix some kind timeless Roy Andersson touch and Hasse/Tage humor and consequently failed, completely. Some actors are downright not good, some are okay but drowning in the useless movie itself. To call this Jönssonligan is a masterpiece of embarrassment.