Review 774: The Worst Person in the World
Don't let the title fool you, Joachim Terier's The Worst Person in the World is a life affirming Julie (a breakthrough performance from lead actress Renate Reinsve) is a young woman who, on the verge of turning thirty, navigates multiple love affairs, existential uncertainty and career dissatisfaction as she slowly starts deciding what she wants to do, who she wants to be and ultimately who she wants to become. The ironically titled The Worst Person in the World is the third film Terier's loosely connected "Oslo trilogy" (the other two I unfortunately haven't seen) and is described as a coming-of-age film for grown ups who feel like they still haven't grown up. Julie's two core relationships are with comic book artist, Aksel Willman (Andres Danielsen Lie) who is much older than her. Later she gate-crashes a wedding she wasn't invited to and she hooks up with barista Eivind (Herbert Nordrum), together they push the boundaries of cheating At it...
