I love this movie so much

Thanks for the memories!

Strong and Moving!

hyped garbage

I watched this at home via Netflix streaming movies. I was intrigued by the description, non-talented tomboys want to start a rock band. My title calls them preteens, I believe they are actually supposed to be 13 but they seem a bit younger.The streaming movie has English subtitles, these two good friends with very short hair visit a recording studio, they actually get their hands on instruments for the first time and absolutely can't play. They can't really sing either and they make up anti-establishment lyrics.They are forced at school to sit through a student talent show and hear another 13-yr-old girl play guitar beautifully. They hatch a plan, maybe they can befriend her and she can teach them to play.They never really form a rock band that anyone would want to listen to, but the story is more about family and friendship and how to look at options for yourself as you grow towards young adulthood.I only found the movie "OK", others might like it more.

As usual I was rather late on the "We are the best" party but I just finished watching it and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I could not stop laughing at the scene when they were begging for money in the metro station as well as the scene when they were cutting Hetvig's hair. There was so much shameless and good-spirited humour within the film but those two scenes definitely stuck out for me.Personally I could relate to some parts, especially those that involved havoc during rehearsals. When I was still in school I formed a "band" with two friends that were two grades below me and one of them was beyond immature and could not keep still; practices became humour sessions and the buffoon-esque feel to it was so contagious that it didn't matter at times that we did more mucking around than actual practicing. Seeing this film reminded me of that time and I'm feeling quite nostalgic at the moment. I'm about to write to one of those friends telling him (not suggesting) to watch it and how we should definitely form a band once we're in the same country again. Anyways back to the film. It was almost hard to believe how good the actors were. Seriously they were like small adults, it made me feel sort of clueless looking back to when I was that age. It's got a cute vibe and just before you start questioning whether or not those kids are twelve or not, there's a fight over a boy that is there to remind us that we are dealing with young teenagers after all. I loved Klara's character as well as Hetvig's personal progression throughout the film, holding down the fragile friendship between the other two as well as letting loose with her more traditional ways while still managing to be the same person. I did not like Bobo's character as it was really self-centered although you could understand where she's coming from; not getting any action when those teenage hormones start kicking in can stir things up a bit. Oh and seriously? The crowd wanted to fight the teenage trio?? Lol if a group of teenage girls came to my town and started insulting it I would laugh like a madman and probably join them in their chorus. Respect.

It is very rare that you see two callow girls with rebellion/ignorance as their sole weapon try to thwart a universally accepted notion. This film tries to introduce this setup but goes haywire once hormones kick in.The film talks about three 12/13-year old girls who have certain things to worry about like religion, relationships, haircuts, etc.. They believe that punk music is still alive and burning, while the world knows it is dead. With no resources or even an idea of where to start, they play with the it. I should say these girls perform exceptionally well and it didn't look like they were acting. Sporting semi-Mohawks and punky clothes, they try to find happiness in small things as they figure out music creation is no child's play, yet do not care to accept it. Several elements like family, revolt, youth, atheism, adolescence, etc. find mention in these girls' activities and that is where we start to notice that the drama goes off-topic and we don't really know if it was purely intentional. Beauty hampers these girls' mindset as one of them finds it hard to attract boys of her age or older. This deviates the theme and climax bears the brunt. If I were to draw a graph of the storyline, it would be like a gradual response of an analogous low pass filter.Direction is brilliant and so is the music that occasionally plays when the groove picks up. It gave me an idea how Swedish rock music is. Camera seems to be handled by a 2-year old; all shaky and bumpy throughout. Editing is fine and the film never really goes off-tune. The central characters and their escapades manage to keep you hooked.All said and done, I am not very happy with the story build, yet I enjoyed what I could deduce of it. It's all about being self-satisfied at the end of the day, and not caring about what others think, isn't it?BOTTOM LINE: We Are The Best! is how youth-led, non-violent, innocent rebellion looks like in the snow-clad suburbs of Stockholm, Sweden.Can be watched with a typical Indian family? YES

'Punk is dead' as they say in the film which is set in 1982. Punk fans from 1977 have moved on to Joy Division and young people are dancing in tacky attire to The Human League! Not these three passionate young 13 year old girls Bobo, Clara and Hedvig. They still think punk is very much alive and want to form a band, even though the founding members Bobo and Clara cannot play (They later recruit Hedvig who is a classical guitarist). A simple premise like this makes for one of the most enjoyable films this year so far.Bobo and Clara are outsiders in their school. Bobo is the shy, androgynous type, whereas Clara is the outspoken type with naïve anti-establishment views. After a minor punishment in gym class for not joining in, they vent their frustrations at the seemingly unnecessary part of the school curriculum by writing a song titled 'Hate the Sport'. They pretend to be in a band when they are at their local youth club and manage to book a room where there is instruments. Since they cannot play a note between them, they need to recruit someone else. When watching Hedvig play classical guitar to a chorus of boos from the audience at a school concert, they recognise she is an outsider as well. There is discussion over whether Hedvig's Christian views would be fitting with their image. Clara amusingly thinks of it as a challenge to turn her from Christian into a punk.The three girls boast the usual mixture of cynicism towards mainstream cultural ideals and a positive enthusiasm for changing the world. The actresses do a stellar job in making the conversations and interaction seem very believable. The film is often very funny and very relatable to anyone who was some kind of passionate outsider as a teenager. The parents of the girls are also well observed. Here we have burned out and embarrassing hippy parents who are sickeningly liberal and a single mum who floats from man to man to suppress her loneliness. They may have at one time been enthusiastic and idealistic in their formative years much like the central characters, but life has made them 'uncool'! The dialogue seems ad-libbed most of the time and done very well. The scenes are expertly edited so the conversations are not drawn out so much which happens often with improvised dialogue. It also has a social realism aesthetic to it which I feel is needed for a film like this it really encapsulates the energetic, youthful optimism which is also realistic.After years of apparently making dark art films, Director Lukas Moodysson has made something here which encapsulates the spirit and energy of youth and punk. I feel it is Directed by someone who really understands punk as not just a genre of music, but a passion and attitude which lives in the hearts and minds of, in this case, the dis-enfranchised youth. The fact that it is based on his wife's comic book in which she writes of her own experiences as a teenager, it seems like a personal project too. I could not stop grinning throughout the whole film as I found it a particularly joyful experience. The film gives way to poignant moments like the scene when Hedvig plays an acoustic version of a song by Swedish punk band KSMB. It was a scene which made me nearly cry and really gave the lyrics a new perspective with the acoustic guitar. It made me want to go home and write a songs expressing my general vitriol towards the bureaucracy of sport, but could not come up with something as good as this. As they say 'We are the Best!'. And it's true!