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Beautiful, moving film.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Why is it that whenever a woman gets a chance to make a movie, it always has to be a sappy retelling of her own personal life? While male directors make thrillers and comedies and musicals and sci-fis about all sorts of strange characters; women only want to make movies about themselves, and whether you're watching the Oscar nominated shorts or a bunch of shorts from film students, it's always the same. Short movies made by women, are all about the director's own life stories.This wouldn't have been a problem, had all female filmmakers lived spectacularly interesting lives, but sadly this is not the case, and time and time again I've had to sit through terrible films like this, where a woman tells her "fascinating" story, about the bicycle she had as a child. Another example of this, is the director's previous film called "My grandmother ironed the king's shorts". Well whopdidoo, how interesting. Please tell me more about what pieces of clothing your grandmother ironed.You see the same trend amongst bloggers: Men blog about politics and technology and cars and all kinds of stuff. Women blog about themselves. The only difference between female bloggers and female filmmakers, is that bloggers aren't funded by the government, like all female filmmakers in Norway are. As the country is officially a feminist state, the law says that 50% of all film funds has to go to female film makers, which means 50% of all Norwegian movies are all the same "female stories" from women who cannot produce anything else than their own boring life on celluloid, because they think they're such special snowflakes.And the funny thing is, if you ever meet these female directors and ask them how they got funding for their scripts (I've actually asked several) they always reply the same thing "Getting funding in Norway is so easy!" The reason for this is simply because there are very few women who want to make movies, yet the state has decided that 50% of all funds has to go to women, resulting in the same minuscule portion of Norwegian filmmakers constantly getting money to produce a constant stream of movies about their own boring lives.Yuk!

'ME AND MY MOULTON': Three and a Half Stars (Out of Five)A 14 minute Canadian-Norwegian animated short; which was just nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film (at the upcoming 87th Academy Awards). It was written and directed by Torill Kove and narrated by Andrea Braein Hovig. The short tells the story of a 7-year-old girl, growing up in Norway with two sisters, who also has somewhat odd and progressive architect parents. Her, and her sisters, dream of a bicycle of their very own; while also dealing with conflicting emotions for their parents (not understanding why they're so different from everyone else). The story is based on Kove's actual experiences at that age. I think the film does a great job of conveying the confusion of growing up; while having kind of a love-hate relationship with your parents. It's funny, beautifully odd and touching; all at the same time. One of the better 2015 Oscar nominated animated shorts.Watch our movie review show 'MOVIE TALK' at: http://youtu.be/D17O2xOoOCw

This short was written and directed by Torill Kove and produced by the National Film Board of Canada. There will be spoilers ahead:This short, which was just today nominated for the Academy Award for Animated Short, is a semi-autobiographical look back at the childhood of a girl, the middle daughter in her family and the year she was 7. Her sisters were 9 and 5. Their parents are unconventional, to say the least! They decorated their home as though it were an art museum, have three-legged chairs which the daughters fall out of so routinely that the adults barely notice, their mother makes their clothes out of designer fabric from Finland and their father is the only man in town with a mustache.The short centers around the summer the sisters ask for their parents to get them a bicycle. They're willing to share a bike between them. The parents say they'll "see", which is usually polite parent-speak for "Not on your life".The narrator wishes she had more "normal" parents, like her friend Beatrise, who lives downstairs. That her friend's family has problems of their own and that Beatrise just might be unhappy as well is made fairly clear as the short progresses. Life is difficult for most, probably all people.Finally, the father tells his daughter that they are getting a bike, but that it's a "special" bike, which worries the girls (probably with some cause, as they have three-legged chair). The bike finally makes its appearance and their worst fears are confirmed. The bike is a Moulton and folds up, twists and can be disassembled, put in the trunk and reassembled. Its the perfect bike-from the point of view of the parents.The daughters decide they'd rather have some happy moments with their parents rather than disappointment about the bike, so they start a group hug, get on the bike and enjoy what they have, while dad takes pictures.This short can be streamed on the NFBC website for roughly the next three days and is likely available for purchase at the same website. It's worth watching. Most recommended.

This 13 minutes animated short film is well deservedly nominated for an Academy Award. The film is fresh and vibrant and suitable for both children and grown ups. Told in a light and funny way, the story has a great punch. It even has a great message for those being parents in more than one way.The drawn lines are crisp, the colors are vibrant and the storytelling is compelling. The freshness is best compared with the greatest animators, not to mention the best Chinese, however there's undoubtedly a clear Scccandinavian feel to the whole production.A girl narratively tells about her upbringing as one of three daughters of a marriage between an architect and an interior architect, and the consequences this might lead to for those environmentally affected by this. The three sisters wishes for a bicycle, and eventually they are promised one. But it turns out differently than expected.Director Torill Kove has done it again, after receiving Oscar for her last animated short movie about the Danish story teller H.C. Andersen. It wouldn't surprise many if this film turns up as a second winner for Kove. It's that good!