From it's very first moments the movie captures attention with its amazing atmosphere, calm language, natural acting, and very thoughtful, methodical storytelling.The story develops slowly, but once it starts to unfold in full, you get the grasp of how much thought and detail was put into it.An unique experience that has it all beautifully woven together: the atmosphere, sublime effortless acting, a bit of mystery and horror, but primarily an interesting story surrounding a coming-of-age woman who has to realize what she is and find a way to live with that.

I really like bed this movie. It's a slow burn and very subtle in its horrors. But there are images I can't shake a week after seeing it (snakes, babies under ice, hair caught in the middle of a pane of glass). I think a lot of people misunderstand this film. My take, for what's its worth is that this is an art house version of Carrie. Telekinetic powers are unleashed with the sexual awakening of the main character, Thelma (that's pretty obvious). These are initially confusing and terrifying for her and she's horrified that she could possibly have made her same sex love interest, Anna, disappear into the nether. She goes to a neurologist to try and figure out why she's having seizures resulting in horrifying consequences. She ultimately turns to her fundamental Christian parents in her despair who explain to her she's always had these powers and that she killed her baby brother when she became either sick of his crying or because of jealousy over her parent's attention to him. Here's the part I think people miss. She kills her father before he kills her (he draws up a syringe for the act but ultimately puts it aside) in a quesrionably purposeful way. She then brings Anna back and heads back to Oslo/college fully aware of and in control of her powers, only slowing to heal her mother in the process (the mother is a paraplegic probably because of a suicidal jump from a bridge, years earlier, that didn't kill her). Anja probably isn't in love with Thelma, she is just being controlled by her. The ending isn't as happy as most here seem to perceive it to be. We know this because Thelma dreams/wants Anja to kiss her neck and then, moments later, Anja shows up to do so in the exact way as Thelma had just fantasized it. Anja is being controlled by Thelma and has no free will as this point whether she realizes it or not. Thelma seems to know her powers and how to use them finally (she isn't evil, per se, however) and isn't afraid to use them.Watch out ladies, you're not going to know what hits you when Thelma takes a liking.

Someone watched Black Swan and thought, "hey I wanna make a film like that." From the poster to the feel, the story, the two girls, dual reality etc, this is an attempt to make a Scandinavian Black Swan.There is even an almost identical scene at the ballet (again, black swan theme) that is taken from the cab ride in black swan. But how did they make it different? why not a little Carrie theme? and sprinkle ia bit of the Dead Zone.Kissing, but no make-out, which means no tongue, just a lot of pretend kissing, which means lame (not believable).Unfortunately, this was too slow and boring. Apparently, some people are easily impressed these days. It was really hard to finish watching. Too many things did't make any sense and it was too predictable. The one scene towards the end went against any logic. At the boat if that happened to you, you would immediately jump in you know what.It needed a good editor and maybe it would have been more watchable. It was so all over the place and didn't know what it wanted to be.Skip it.

A girl moves away from home for college and her sexual desires reawaken some innate abilities. From this moment on what is real and unreal is in question at times. The movie is extremely watchable and I found myself not wanting it to end, desiring more of an explanation of how and why things were happening. By the end of the movie we are led to believe that she seizes control of her abilities. Thelma's abilities are god like when you think about it, maybe Neo in the Matrix, but being able to control your own world and every detail. Is this all real? Or perhaps more a lucid dream...... Had me thinking of an old Buffy episode, "Normal Again". Certainly worth watching, but this isn't your typical affair into the super powered individual, more on a level with Unbreakable and Split perhaps, all of which I thoroughly enjoyed.