Punk is Dead

We Are The Best! (2013) is a movie packed with content.  There’s a lot going on here in such a short span of time.  The trio of girls deal with issues of religion, self-confidence, love and jealousy, unhappy home lives and more.  The plot is ostensibly about the band that they’re creating together, but the details put into other scenes are noteworthy.

What particularly stood out to me was the scene where Bobo is eating dinner with her mother and father.  Although we already know that Bobo has issues with her mother, we learn in that scene that she’s not close to her father either.  He evidently isn’t around much, and it’s clear from how desperate Bobo is to leave that she doesn’t particularly want to spend time with him.  The discomfort in the scene is palpable, and for such a minor character Bobo’s father does an excellent job in conveying emotion during the scene.  You could feel as you watched that he wanted to interact with his daughter but didn’t even know how.  Overall it was surprisingly emotional.

2 responses to “Punk is Dead”

  1. akkadala Avatar
    akkadala

    I think what I’ve found interesting in the Scandinavian novels we’ve been reading is the nuanced approach to the portrayal of parents. The movie is set in Stockholm, and we will be reading a book set there too (Me on the floor bleeding) which portrays a narrator who is distant from both parents. I’m wondering if it is the increased agency that the children in Sweden have that allows for this distance, or if there is something else that I’m missing here.

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  2. hannakessel Avatar
    hannakessel

    I think the relationship with parents is interesting throughout this movie and in these Scandinavian novels. Not only are emotional relationships portrayed or analyzed, but you also see some of the Charlie Brown style approach to adults who are uninterested and not involved. One of my primary questions throughout the bulk of Nothing, was where are the parents???

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