A brilliant film that helped define a genre

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Reading the other reviews I wanted to check this out. Unfortunately, the constant grimacing of the lead character was a big deterrent; it was neither believable, nor very realistic - just bad acting, in my opinion. Unless the whole thing is meant to be a parody. Even so, it just did not work for me. Sorry.

I went into the first season hoping for The Sopranos-meets-Norway. I don't know much about Norway, and it's nice to get a glimpse into other countries through productions that feature them as almost a character in themselves (for example, The American). This series did a great job in featuring Norway. However, it was also pretty hokey and featured a protagonist that I did not like.Frank Tagliano is a narcissistic, hypocritical bully, who pushes his culture and ideas of how the world should be onto everyone in his newly adopted country, stepping on hapless and sometimes innocent Norwegians for selfish gain in stereotypical American imperialist fashion. However, unlike The Sopranos, in which Tony Soprano constantly struggled with his conscience, this show glorifies Frank. I feel like I'm supposed to chuckle as he "outsmarts" (more like strong-arms) people into satisfying his every whim.Fortunately, in the second and third seasons, Frank became a little more judicious and tolerable, while other characters, such as Fausa's Torgeir, flourish. In my opinion, Fausa carries the show. He is charismatic, funny, humble, and tough when he needs to be. He idolizes Frank, even though he is often unrewarded for his unconditional love. Most importantly, he is the conscience of the show, and through him, we are reminded of the price one pays for being or following Frankie the Fixer.By the way, world, look out for Maria Joana and Ida Elise Broch. You might fall in love.

The main actor is put into many unrealistic scenarios that would never happen in real life and the way he struggles out of them. The writers and directors also follow the same Hollywood trend of creating a distorted view of Muslims and Islam. Don't forget about homosexuality. Even if it doesn't make sense they have to through in some homos into the scene and create a sodomite mafia character. Overall, the show gets off to a very slow start and has some funny scenes as it progresses. There's always a new villain and problem that the main actor and his crew have to deal with which does not drag on into many episodes which makes for things interesting.

this show has almost like the Sopranos feeling but more of a comedy/drama this show has a good soundtrack at least for season one The Norway actors are great the main character is great for Frank the fixer The Comedy has a twist of an American company and in Norway comity this show is great if you like sitcoms in if you like shows like the Sopranos I definitely recommend it also it's on Netflix so every episode comes out at once when a new season happens Steven van Zandt plays almost the same character of the Sopranos cell which makes it more funny with his mafia terms this show is definitely in An 8 if you like Sopranos or six times this is for you