‘A Man Called Otto’ Review: Tom Hanks, Mariana Trevino, And A Cat Make This American Remake Irresistible
deadline.comWhen you have an international best seller that was on the NYT list for 42 weeks and then made into a multi-Oscar nominated Swedish film that became the third most successful in the history of that country Ingmar Bergman called home, you might wonder what the need was for an American english language remake?
The answer is a chance to give Tom Hanks a role he can run with, and most importantly to bring a very human, often funny, character-driven story back to light in a time that needs it more than ever.
The Swedish film, A Man Called Ove was a big hit in 2015, as was the book by Fredrik Backman, and it happened to contain a lead performance by Rolf Lassgard that soared.
He played Ove, a cranky widower who when he wasn’t insisting on everyone doing things his way or the highway in his self-contained neighborhood, he was figuring out ways to commit suicide in order to join his late wife who had died of cancer.
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