Dunderklumpen lives all alone in the mountains of Jämtland. One Midsummer's Eve when he feels very lonely he sets off on a journey to find friends.
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Nice effects though.
Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.
Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
This is not one of the best movies you'll ever see, neither is it the best acting you'll ever see but it is extremely hard to find another film that is as beautiful as this. Per Åhlin is somewhat of a god for me and this is his finest work without a doubt, a movie that children enjoy based solely on the purpose that they are children.It is set in a beautiful landscape in Sweden called Jämtland, where a character called Dunderklumpen blows life into some toys because he has no one to play with, and all the character involved is out for a magical midsummer night.I showed this movie to my students, they were 11-12 years old at the time and they usually watched kind of grow-up movies and didn't not react when I showed them other movies from my childhood, but this movie have a certain kind of ability to make even the toughest man smile simply because he wants to. They laughed and they were into the story, they saw beautiful nature and they loved all the characters. The music is also very powerful in itself.A true gem, I recommend that you stop reading this and start watching the movie that has rocked me to my very core ever since I was five years old.
The appeal of the film Dunderklumpen for adults lies mainly in its nostalgic walk down memory lane to the age of innocence. The film is a document of the idealistic world view prevalent in Sweden in the early seventies. It is an eloquent nature idyll, in which children are innocent, fathers are clumsy, money is the root of all evil, criminals are good people at heart and can be rehabilitated and poor, elderly people have a lease on true natural wisdom.Many of these traits are also present in the work of Astrid Lindgren and Beppe Wolgers was closely involved in the dramatisation of some of her books. The story's idealism is thus deeply rooted in its time and that forms part of its charm. The beautiful natural settings and the jazzy music by Toots Thielemans do the rest.
This is such a weird movie! I have only seen it with English dubbing, but it is fun to watch, anyway. It's incredibly strange, including the fairy, the talking house, the funny voices and odd concepts. Dunder Klumpen sings an awesome song about being "Dunder Klumpen" and how he every age, not just one. He is a little boy and an old man. It's very interesting!My favorite part is when the fairy comes from the sky to the little blond boy by the river and tells him to be weird. Like jump around and do weird things. Finally, she rewards him by making a peanut butter sandwich appear in the river for him to eat! Who would want a soggy peanut butter sandwich from a river? It's so funny! The teddy bear that comes to life has some funny/odd lines, too. He is very cute. I highly recommend this movie to people who like cult movies. It's just so strange and wacky, you sit there in disbelief and wonder at the magic of this movie. It caused some of my friends to cry from laughing so hard due to it's overwhelming strangeness. Watch it!
Is it just me or is this movie completely inexplicable? It features odd framing, bad singing, and a father who has an unhealthy obsession with bees. . . Strange, strange, strange. . . HS