''Jalla! Jalla! '' is a very cool movie. I like European movies, so it was a pleasure to watch this movie, that has a very simple story but anyway can make us feel great.Roro is a Lebanese immigrant who works in the parks in Sweden. His best friend is the Swedish Måns, who is also his colleague from the work. Roro loves his Swedish girlfriend Lisa, but his family thinks he has to marry with a Lebanese girl. Roro tries to avoid the marriage all the ways he can and when Roro finally decides to introduce Lisa to his family, they arrange a wedding for him with Yasmin, a Lebanese girl with a very stressed (and annoying)brother.At the same time,Måns is having problems to get an erection, what lead us to funny scenes in the movie...

East is East was good, Bend it Like Beckham was predictable, but Jalla Jalla was really good. As in most romantic comedies, the end result will be a happy ending for everyone except the bullies and this movie is no different. But it does allow a closer look into the mindset of the "victims" of arranged marriages. It´s a really good movie. I accept the arguments that there are faults with the movie, but this wasn´t mass-produced in Hollywood, so that´s understandable and a charming factor, really.

In all the mindless Hollywood schlock its nice to be able to laugh at a well put together smaller market Swedish film. The characters are funny without being over the top and its nice to see a difference of culture from another perspective other than North America vs. whoever.Go see it and have a good laugh.

Since people in Sweden hardly ever go to the movies, I can partly understand that they think this is such a funny and nice little movie. In a way, it is. If you look a bit closer however, you will see that there are a number of flaws.The script could use a whole lot more work. For some reason I can never understand, the characters start running at different parts in the film. They are spontaneously started to get chased by someone and therefore begin to run. This works fine in Warner Bros cartoons. But in a movie which remotely in any way is going to depict reality, no. Fares should have left this for his action movie that evidently is going to be his next project. The dialogue and the "funny" parts are other problems too. The comedy revolves mostly around the male reproduction organ, and the main character's dad using his big belly to ward of people he dislikes.Some of the actors are not at all convincing, I hate to say it but it adds to the amateurishness of this production. Which I can live with to a certain extent however, since it is director Josef Fares' first real movie. It's still funny at times, Tuva Novotny carries her part great, but I want much more from Fares' next action movie to not feel let down.