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The best rom-com of the year.

The third film of Joachim Trier's "Oslo Trilogy", The Worst Person In The World feels, in many ways, like a postmature coming-of-age. A portrait of contemporary life in Oslo, about feeling indecisive and unsure of what you actually want or who you actually are, and the fear that comes with it. Trier made a noticeably considerate choice to emphasise the real modernity of this story; conversations about feminism, #metoo, and digitalisation are everywhere to…

Joachim Trier has dismantled the intricacies of intimacy like no other with this film. His dissection of human relationships is performed with such surgical accuracy. Everything is laid bare. A scalpel is taken to our notion of social morality, severing the bonds that binds humanity to expectations or certainty. It is all done in the pursuit of something inextricably truer to life than what is normally asked of art. Trier’s cast execute the piece with extraordinary tact especially Renate Reinsve…

There's a streak of narcissism behind such illusions of grandeur as believing oneself to be the worst person in the world; only one person can be, and statistically speaking, it's probably not you. It certainly isn't Julie, whose biggest issue is her fear of commitment, which she blames on generational anxiety, and the passing of time that is so rapidly stealing away her youth. In no setting is she the main character, and yet that's never really true of anyone;…

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It's weird to see how certain BP nominees gain a level of discourse that wouldn't even occur if they weren't up for a bunch of awards due to aggressive marketing and Hollywood politics, but here we are. Coda, if not necessarily the most memorable entry in the awards season mix, is a pleasant and frequently enjoyable piece of work. Will I remember this at all in a year? Probably not. But in spite of its issues in how it…