Änglavakt/ Guardian Angel

 

Änglavakt/Guardian Angel 2010

• Director: Johan Brisinger
• Based on book: no
• Cast: Michael Nyqvist, Izabella Scorupco, Tchéky Karyo
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Michael Nyqvist – Colonia, Min så kallade papa, John Wick, the Millenium Trilogy, Den bästa av mödrar, Grabben i Graven Bredvid, Reuter & Skog, Tillsammans
• Izabella Scorupco - Vertical Limit
• Tchéky Karyo – Saving Grace, Golden Eye, La Femme Nikita, Australia
• Why? Michael Nyquist
• Seen: 20 November 2024      

       Ernst (Nyquist) and Cecilia(Scorupco) have a good life with their eight-year-old son until the boy meets with an accident and won’t wake up from his coma.

       A mysterious Frenchman Walter (Karyo) enters their lives, saying he can help Alexander. Cecilia believes him blindly, Ernst rejects him as a charlatan.

       The film is hopelessly sentimental about the supernatural (=angels). Walter is creepy and irritating in his guardian angelness, endlessly spouting quasi-philosophical platitudes. Great message to parents whose kids have died. It’s your fault because you didn’t hope enough or love each other enough. The film gets 0* but because Nyquist does a decent job in this mess: 

1 ½ * of 5