Saippuaprinssi
2006
**
Director: Janne Kuusi
Cast: Pamela Tola, Mikko Leppilampi, Outi Mäenpää, Kristiina Halttu, Sari Havas
A dopey Finnish farce about a struggling actress who accidentally lands a job as a writer on a popular daily soap, falls in love with its star and ends up writing her own life into the show. Most soaps are intrinsically silly (and the type of kitschy show portrayed here doesn't even exist in this part of the world), so it's a somewhat fruitless source for parody. The story has far too many characters who, apart from the hero and the heroine, are nothing but sketchy caricatures. The film at least manages to remind us how difficult it is to act badly.
