Douche (2018)

Douche (2018). Douche: Directed by Erik Kammerland. With Matti Boustedt, Albin Johnsen, Erik Kammerland, Carl-Axel Karlsson. A wannabe artist travels from a small town to the city to seek personal happiness and success but, in the process, finds himself a new friend.

“I randomly stumbled upon this film on Netflix after new years eve. Initially, since it was on Netflix of all places, I thought it would be one of those big-budget nordic thriller shows or at the very least a quirky comedy show. I also thought it was Norwegian for some unexplainable reason. Upon finding out that it was Swedish, most likely low-budget, and didnu0026#39;t include any mainstream Swedish actors, I felt I had to watch itu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMy first impression was essentially u0026quot;what even is this? This is the absolute worst thing I have ever seen in my entire lifeu0026quot;. The part with the bunny hurt my eyes to watch and everything in the film felt weird, out-of-place, and lacking any real narrative; as well as unintentionally so. But as I kept watching, I found the film increasingly entertaining, and I enjoyed watching the filmu0026#39;s exaggerated portrayal of Stockholm, and its somewhat depressing nature. One could argue that the film lacks nuance since there is about one person in the city portrayed as a decent person, but I think that adds to the intended comedy of the film; itu0026#39;s a caricature of the average person living in Stockholmu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe review below this one completely missed the point of the film. Itu0026#39;s definitely not for everybody, but in a sense I feel as if itu0026#39;s almost too creative and u0026quot;experimentialu0026quot; if you will for the Swedish audience, something I say as a Swedish person myself. And if you think u0026quot;wow, how is *this* u0026quot;too experimentialu0026quot;, I think that goes to show how low the bar has been set. I will admit that the film lacks a real plot, and that the ending; the punchline, really doesnu0026#39;t pack a satisfying punch, but there are several similar foreign films with much better reception than this film. Simply put, itu0026#39;s not exactly a u0026quot;goodu0026quot; film, but it was, atleast to me, quite entertaining, and it wasnu0026#39;t exactly a complete waste of time.”