Welcome to Norway (2016)

Welcome to Norway (2016). 1h 30m

“Thereu0026#39;s great potential for comedy when different cultures are put together, and a house for refugees is also a very relevant setting for a modern day comedy. The actors in this movie all deliver solid performances, and act convincingly as the characters they are portraying. I also quite like a lot (everything?) seems like itu0026#39;s filmed on location. Thereu0026#39;s a great potential here for both comedy, and a heartwarming story.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSomehow the movie fails to deliver on both. At times it is surprisingly cynical, and some of the characters go back and forwards between believable and caricature. I did appreciate some of the dark humour, but it would have worked better with more believable characters. The woman working for the local government feels like she taken from a Ben Stiller comedy, while some of the refugees could have been characters in a drama. Not because of the quality of anyoneu0026#39;s acting, but because the characters themselves feels like theyu0026#39;re made for completely different movies.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe ending plays like itu0026#39;s supposed to make you feel good and think that people are alright – but the message it actually conveys feels more misanthropic than it does heartwarming.”