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  • 1999
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 1999
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 29 m
Show Me Love

Summary In a small Swedish town, Elin (Dahlstrom) is a popular, pretty high school debutante, and Agnes (Liljeberg) is one of the least popular girls in school. On a dare, Elin kisses Agnes to see if Agnes really is a "lesbian" and her life is transformed. Elin discovers that she has been repressing something that was innately there all the ti...

Directed By: Lukas Moodysson

Written By: Lukas Moodysson

  • 1999
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 1999
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 29 m

Show Me Love

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
73
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 18 User Ratings
4.9
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Summary In a small Swedish town, Elin (Dahlstrom) is a popular, pretty high school debutante, and Agnes (Liljeberg) is one of the least popular girls in school. On a dare, Elin kisses Agnes to see if Agnes really is a "lesbian" and her life is transformed. Elin discovers that she has been repressing something that was innately there all the ti...

Directed By: Lukas Moodysson

Written By: Lukas Moodysson

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82% Positive
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18% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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82% Positive
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18% Mixed
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90
Show Me Love has the pulse of teen life down-pat, shaming its many sleek and glossy American counterparts at every turn.
By Ernest Hardy FULL REVIEW
88
Moodysson has an uncanny eye and ear for teen speech and attitude, and is able to capture it without the usual condescension and exploitation.
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83
Not only feels real, but it avoids preciousness and cute eccentricity and, in its lean, almost grave, cut-and-dried delivery makes more of an emotional impact because we're able to imprint our own memories of adolescence upon it.
By Paula Nechak FULL REVIEW
75
Its portrait of adolescence seems so authentic that it puts most Hollywood products to shame.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW
70
Powerful, funny romantic drama.
By Lisa Alspector FULL REVIEW
63
Grainy color stock and tight closeups give the film a realistic feel that's accentuated by natural performances from the able young cast.
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50
A light, breezy, often charming little film, with a good cast playing mostly shallow characters.
By Michael Wilmington FULL REVIEW

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Mixed or Average Based on 18 User Ratings
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56% Positive
10 Ratings
6% Mixed
1 Rating
39% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 18 User Ratings
4.9
56% Positive
10 Ratings
6% Mixed
1 Rating
39% Negative
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Production Company Memfis Film, Zentropa Entertainments, Film i Väst, SVT Drama, Göteborg, Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI), Filmkonsulet Charlotta Denward, Det Danske Filminstitut, Filmkonsulet Mikael Olsen, Trollywood AB, Sveriges Television (SVT)
Release Date Oct 22, 1999
Duration 1 h 29 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline Jag ska aldrig mer bli ihop med nån. Jag ska bli celibat.
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Awards

Guldbagge Awards
• 4 Wins & 5 Nominations
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations
Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations

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