Paha perhe (Bad Family)
2010
**½
Director: Aleksi Salmenperä
Cast: Ville Virtanen, Lauri Tilkanen, Pihla Viitala, Vera Kiiskinen, Niki Seppälä, Ismo Kallio
An overbearing father has begun to alienate his teenage son. When the boy's mother dies, he is reunited with his long absent sister. The siblings immediately form an uncomfortably intimate relationship, which drives their father mad. Aleksi Salmenperä's follow-up to A Man's Work is a disappointment. Like the previous film, this is a story of a man whose life is getting beyond his control, but this one works only as a metaphor. The three main characters are all extremely irritating, and without a backstory, it's never clear what makes them tick.
