The Worst Person in the World
The chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.
- Released: 2021-10-13
- Runtime: 127 minutes
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Stars: Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Herbert Nordrum, Maria Grazia Di Meo, Hans Olav Brenner, Marianne Krogh, Helene Bjørnebye, Vidar Sandem, Anna Dworak, Thea Stabell, Deniz Kaya, Lasse Gretland, Karen Røise Kielland, Karla Nitteberg Aspelin, Sofia Schandy Bloch, Savannah Marie Schei, Eia Skjønsberg, Nataniel Nordnes, Rebekka Jynge, Gisle Tveito, Ruby Dagnall, Ine Jansen, Torgny Amdam, Sigrid Sollund, Are Skeie Hermansen, Siri Forberg, August Wilhelm Méd Brenner, Tumi Løvik Jakobson, Jonathan Nielssen, Maren Emilie Haagenrud Buskoven, Olav Stubberud, Martin Gran, Geir Ørnholt, Tobias Klemeyer Smith, Trygve Indrelid, Trude Schjelderup Iversen, Zoe Maland Rogers, Jonas Lund, Hildur Kristinsdottir, Johanna Brym Ryg, Thomas Teige, Margrethe Glambek
- Director: Joachim Trier
Comments
- frankde-jong - 16 May 2024
Millenials having choice stress
In "The worst person in the world" there is a love triangle between two men and a woman. This is however definetly not what the film is about. Central theme in the film is rather the Millenium generation not knowing what they want.
This is illustrated by main character Julie (Renate Reinsve). Julie changes study, lovers and jobs all the time and is unsure about the question of (not) haviing children. Being thirty already she is still not grown up.
The theme is illustrated by the poster of the movie. This poster shows us Julie running, but it is unclear if she is running away from or running to.
The poster refers to one memorable scene in which Julie has a dispute with one lover, stops the world with the help of a light switch, runs to her second lover and kisses with him, runs back, sets the world in motion again and continues the dispute with her first lover.
Another memorable scene is connected to Julie's 30th birthday. This scene shows in which stage of life previous generations along the female line were at their 30th birthday.
"The worst person in the world" can be seen as the third film of the Öslo trilogy" of director Joachim Trier, the first two films being "Reprise" (2006) and "Oslo, August 31st" (2011). Apart from being situated in Oslo all of these films are about the choise stress of Millenials.
"The worst person in the world" is somehow more relaxed than the two other films. This is due to leading actress Renate Reinsve in the first place, who makes Julie a really likeable person. On the other hand the fact that Julie comes from a wealthy family also plays a role (I think). However it may be, in this film Julie can afford it economically to keep doubting endlessly.
Earlier I saw "Thelma" (2017) from Joachim Trier. The two films form an interesting contraposition. Thelma knows deep inside what she wants but struggles with the fact that her strict parents are disapproving. Julie knows obviously not what she want, but her regular chances of course are tolerated by a liberal mother. - fhsuwaidi - 14 February 2024
A must watch.
Someone recommended The Worst Person in the World a long time ago on twitter, I liked the tweet and promised that I will watch it soon. But I didn't do that until yesterday (and today). He said it's "the best movie this year". But instead of giving it this one compliment. I want to elaborate more.
The way this film made me feel and re-think my whole life is insane. It showed me how life is long, how we can take small and big steps without thinking too much. How it matters to understand how we feel, to sit with it, to think about it, even if it takes longer than we want it to. To let it flow through our souls, and then to decide upon it, and trust our gut feeling. At the same time, it showed me how we can open up to our partners, to tell them how we feel, to sit and talk about it. And when we feel that there isn't much to say anymore, it's okay to sit quietly together, to wait, to simply wait. The day is long and we have our whole lives infront of us. Why rush?
On the other hand, I felt like I knew the characters all my life, they shared their souls through the screen. They shared so much emotion and so much of our day to day life. They remind us that we are all human, we make mistakes, our feelings shift, our decisions change, and we get hurt.
But we also can make eachother happy, we can feel things and be right about them. - elision10 - 15 November 2023
Watchable but nothing special
"You've a damn fine person," someone says to the protagonist. Boy, I didn't think so. She was narcissistic and not all that nice. So she didn't stick to anything -- what's interesting about that? If she wasn't attractive there wouldn't be much there for men to be interested in. The characters and plot are mundane and unoriginal. The movie progresses, though, and I certainly didn't want to shut it off. But it was more of a date movie for thirty-somethings than anything else. The best things were the scenes of Oslo and the song at the end. It's entertaining enough to watch for free but I wouldn't pay to see it. - movie-reviews-uk - 14 December 2022
Not the worst person and not the worst film
Done well films that elect to follow a character through their life can be engaging and revealing. Sometimes it's the ordinary conversations and little decisions that draw you in and echo your own existence. If nothing else this approach is a welcome antidote to the hell-for-leather productions that spill out of Hollywood.
In "The Worst Person in the World" we come across Julie who is aged somewhere around 30 and looking for direction. For whatever reason she hasn't quite found her niche and as a result she's rather flaky and impulsive. These aren't terrible traits but she needs someone to anchor her and provide a fixed star in her sky.
As it happens she finds two of these stars but neither is quite able to pin her down - or maybe she's not ready to be pinned? Either way we're able to observe all of her awkward moments, tricky conversations and ill-considered decisions. It's a pleasant way to spend the time but the film doesn't end with any great revelation.
If you're happy with this approach (it's a kind of Swedish "Annie Hall") or you're on a romantic second date then you could do worse than buy tickets to this production. - nadavdatla - 29 October 2022
A good realistic movie
If I will be honest I had some ups and downs when I saw the movie.
The beginning of the movie was kind of hard to watch.
It was boring and it felt like the plot would not go to anywhere special but when the third chapter started I started to recognise something special.
By the way, for me the third chapter was by far the best.
As a viewer I started to be mad at the main character. She really got on my nerves.
But then I came to realisation that this character is simply realistic. Like the plot.
Anyone including me could be this character especially in our days when every young person tries to understand what his essence on the world.
In conclusion the movie definitely worth a watch but don't accept for some engaging plot instead try to understand the real meaning of the movie it will give you wide perspective probably even on your own life. - ademardemeloviana - 19 September 2022
Terrible! Boring! But one good thing in the end
The best in this movie is the word End ind the End of course.
The other thing is a version of the Great Brazilian Song Aguas de Março (Waters from March) in the very end. All the entire movie can be discarded.
Someone typed "no empathy for the main character, and it is very true, but the Movie's Title say that" The worse person in the world", She does everything in this way and get it. So She was a good actress in her role, she made me crazy, even my girlfriend wanted to punch her nose and she would deserve.
Some other characters came to the plot and disappear very quick. It is incomprehensible, that applied to Oscar.
