Hammerman Ikon

Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

Se mieletön remppa (The Renovation)
2020

Director: Taneli Mustonen
Cast: Sami Hedberg, Kiti Kokkonen, Rea Mauranen, Kari Ketonen, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Inka Kallén, Jukka Rasila

Maija and Jalmari are a childless and, by the looks of it, jobless couple who are forced to live with his overbearing mother. When Maija inherits a beautiful but totally dilapidated house, it is unclear whether it will be a blessing or a curse. This Finnish farce is directly based on the 2018 Norwegian film Norske byggeklosser and indirectly on The Money Pit (1986). The premise shows initial promise, but it quickly fades away when the main characters turn out be incompetent buffoons. The unfunny and implausible script wastes time on various irrelevant supporting characters (most of them played by Sami Hedberg), but fails to provide a proper conclusion to its main story.