The director Lauri Nurkse tells that Veijarit is a film about "arjensietokyvyttömyys" (= inability to tolerate everyday life) and about the Peter Pan complex. The main actor Mikko Leppilampi says it's about "kolkyttoistavuotiaat" (= thirtyeenagers = people of thirty behaving like teenagers). An immediate reference point is the commedia all'italiana of the 1950s and the 1960s, the black comedy often exposing the infantile stage of development of the Italian male. Saku and Ässä are anti-heroes, but we never fail to sense the humanity behind their shallow and crazy ways. Veijarit is a satire and a parody of a superficial way of life, but there is a vitality in the protagonists that we feel can lead them to a more meaningful stage of existence after the prolonged youth full of sound and fury. There is a motif of transcendence in the imagery of flying: will the balloons carry me or will they burst.
Princess
Drama
5.9
Swordfish
Action, Crime, Thriller
6.2
Let's Be Cops
Comedy
6.5
As Above, So Below
Horror, Thriller
6.7
65
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
6.0
Thor
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
6.8
Interstellar
Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction
8.4
Tenet
Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
7.2
Up
Animation, Comedy, Family, Adventure
8.0
Good Will Hunting
Drama
8.2
Inside Out
Animation, Family, Adventure, Drama, Comedy
7.9
Deadpool & Wolverine
Action, Comedy, Science Fiction
7.7
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Comedy, Drama, Thriller
7.4
Barbie
Comedy, Adventure
7.0
Black Swan
Drama, Thriller, Horror
7.7
Green Book
Drama, History
8.2
Forrest Gump
Comedy, Drama, Romance
8.5
Enola Holmes
Adventure, Mystery, Crime
7.3
Halloween
Horror, Thriller
7.6
Drive
Drama, Thriller, Crime
7.6
Blade Runner
Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller
7.9
Taxi Driver
Crime, Drama
8.1
The Big Lebowski
Comedy, Crime
7.8
The Dark Knight
Drama, Action, Crime, Thriller
8.5
Jackie Brown
Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.4
Young Adam
Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
5.8
The Usual Suspects
Drama, Crime, Thriller
8.2
Chinatown
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
7.9
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Fantasy, Animation, Comedy, Crime
7.5
Oldboy
Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Action
8.3
Heat
Action, Crime, Drama
7.9
The Silence of the Lambs
Crime, Drama, Thriller
8.3
Fargo
Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.9
Barton Fink
Comedy, Drama
7.5
Miller's Crossing
Drama, Thriller, Crime
7.5
Caché
Mystery, Drama, Thriller
7.0
Tundra
Fantasy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction
6.5
Shutter Island
Drama, Thriller, Mystery
8.2
Blood Simple
Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.2
Not For, or Against (Quite the Contrary)
Drama, Crime
6.0