Häät ennen hautajaisia
2022
*½
Director: Kari Ketonen
Cast: Iina Kuustonen, Antti Luusuaniemi, Pihla Penttinen, Risto Tuorila, Kaija Pakarinen, Ella Lahdenmäki
When Joanna, a single wedding planner, learns that she has terminal cancer, she decides to marry Sakke, a socially awkward funeral director she just met. Kari Ketonen's directorial debut is, strictly speaking, a romantic comedy. However, I found nothing romantic about this fake relationship between two disengaged people, and I probably chuckled once during the entire 90 minutes. In terms of plotting, dialogue and characters, there wasn't one moment when I felt like the film depicted real people in real-life situations.
