Det norske hus (2017)

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Ramin	Sharukh Kavousi
Oddleiv	Gard B. Eidsvold	½
Bodil	Hege Schøyen
Bergljot	Helén Vikstvedt	½
Sverdrup	Knut Nærum	-
Siw/Q	Sven Henriksen	-
Syvende far i huset	Egil Hegerberg	-

Review

Restauranteur turned filmmaker Jan Vardøen sets out to satirize Norwegian smugness and assumed hospitality towards non-Western immigrants – an already much discussed subject matter in these parts of the world. His intentions may have been good, even if it is painfully apparent from the get go that all the jabs are going be uncontroversial and fashionable, i.e. cheap points. Still, the real problem with Det norske hus is the lack of skill with which it is made. The script is lazy and emblematic, riddled with platitudes and tired observations worthy of amateur variety shows at best. And Vardøen's aesthetics and compositions are constantly unoriginal. The film has little more cohesion than that of a collection of skits. The Norwegian folk tale analogies are particularly insipid. Lead actor Sharukh Kavousi's simple (but underused) charm is arguably the picture's best asset.