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Show Me Love (1998) | Ranked Top 18% · CriticCrunch

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Show Me Love

Movie1998·89 min

Show Me Love

Directed by Lukas Moodysson

Comedy Romance Drama

A comedy romance film directed by Lukas Moodysson.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 18%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.1/10

598 ratings

About Show Me Love

Two teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.

Pacing: Measured (4 of 9)
Tone: Bittersweet (4 of 9)
Intensity: Moderate (4 of 9)
Complexity: Approachable (4 of 9)
Humor: Light-touch (4 of 9)
Scale: Intimate (1 of 9)
Spirit: Heartfelt (7 of 9)
Texture: Cozy, Contemplative
Story Tags: coming of age, isolation loneliness, small town, high school campus, international, romantic partners, outsider misfit, slow burn reveal, fish out of water, queer romance, young first love

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Details

Director: Lukas Moodysson
Language: Swedish

Cast

Alexandra Dahlström, Rebecka Liljeberg, Erica Carlson

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How Show Me Love Ranks

All movies

Top 18%

1990s movies

Top 17%

Comedy movies

Top 15%

1990s Comedy movies

Top 15%

★Lukas Moodysson films#2 of 5

Top 15% 1990s Comedy movies.

Second-best Lukas Moodysson film, behind Lilya 4-ever.

the vibe

Show Me Love Vibe

What it feels like

measuredbittersweetmoderateapproachablelight-touchintimateheartfelt

cozy

contemplative

What it's about

slow-burn revealfish out of watercoming of ageisolation lonelinessoutsider misfitromantic partnersqueer romanceyoung first lovesmall townhigh schoolinternational

pacing

measured 4/9measured 4/9

tone

bittersweet 4/9wistful 4/9

intensity

moderate 4/9moderate 4/9

complexity

approachable 4/9clear 4/9

humor

light-touch 4/9light 4/9

scale

intimate 1/9intimate 1/9

spirit

heartfelt 7/9heartfelt 7/9

texture

cozycozy