Book and Movie Review | A Man Called Ove [CC]
# A Man Called Ove: Book and Movie Review
## Book Review
« Hey! What’s up, you guys? It’s Connor, and today I’m going to be doing a book and movie review on A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman. I was sent this book and this movie in exchange for possibly reviewing it. And Fredrik Backman is becoming one of my favorite authors ever, so I definitely wanted to do this review for you guys. First I’m going to be talking about the book, and then I’ll talk about the movie, and then be done. »
A Man Called Ove follows a very cantankerous, cranky old man that’s living in a suburb of Sweden alone in his house. He’s lost his will to live, and so this has possibly some trigger warnings for suicide. Ove is a very specific type of person. He is described in the book as being born in the wrong time period, and I definitely agree with that. He’s very old-fashioned. He just wants to live a very simple, practical life, and he doesn’t want all of these extravagant things that other people seem to be wanting. He doesn’t really care too much about technological advances. He just wants to live his life and not have to interact with very many people at all. He’s one of those people that judges people for the type of car that they drive because he thinks that this one specific type of car named Saab is the best company of cars around, and he judges people for not driving those types of cars.
Ove’s also very frugal. He keeps his money. He saves things. He doesn’t like to pay for people to do stuff. He’d rather do it himself. He also has borderline Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. At least, I thought so because he has a very strict routine and he has to follow it, and if he doesn’t, he just kind of [freaks out]. The story really begins when Ove has a run-in with some new neighbors of his. They have been driving in a no-driving section, and he has to tell them what he thinks about that. And then it just follows him interacting with all of these neighbors that are not following the rules, and he has to deal with and teach the proper ways of going about doing things.
The book is written in third person close which means that you get all of Ove’s thoughts and feelings, but it’s written in third person. So it says, « Ove walked down the street, » and so I think that’s something that’s really interesting that I loved about this book was that all of the neighbors are given descriptions. And he calls the neighbors by their descriptions. He doesn’t call his neighbors by their names because he doesn’t care enough to learn them. And so at the beginning of the book it’s only descriptors, and as the book goes along, the names start to trickle in. So it’s really interesting to see when the names are used and when the descriptors are used in different situations because you can definitely tell how Ove was feeling about his neighbors at certain times.
It touches on some important issues such as aging, disability, and mutual respect between generations. It promotes how it’s so important to respect older generations and it’s important for older generations to respect younger generations. It’s just one of those things that it needs to be a back-and-forth, mutual respect, that everyone just needs to treat everyone as human beings and to understand where people are coming from.
## Movie Review
The movie adaptation of A Man Called Ove stays true to the heart of the book, capturing Ove’s grumpy yet endearing personality and his interactions with his quirky neighbors. The film beautifully portrays the themes of aging, disability, and the importance of mutual respect across generations. The performances of the cast bring the characters to life, making it a heartwarming and memorable cinematic experience.
Overall, A Man Called Ove is a touching story that will make you laugh, cry, and reflect on the value of human connection. Fredrik Backman’s novel and its movie adaptation are must-reads and must-sees for anyone looking for a heartfelt and thought-provoking tale.
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