Say That You Love Me (2006) User Reviews

Trite

[OJT · 4/10 · 27 December 2022]

There are good intentions behind this movie which is about youth and sexuality, or rather the trouble girls may counter in today's society where sex is all over.

We meet a girl which is happy and outgoing until she is gang raped by two boys, while another couple knows what's going on.

The film is partly well played, but mostly falls flat in bad acting, and there should have been at least 10 more takes in several of the scenes in this film, sad to say.

It comes out rather amateurish and trite. That said, this might function for a youth audience, which most likely will find many things they can relate to.

Educational film

[paaskynen · 7/10 · 19 May 2008]

Säg att du älskar mig (Say that you love me) is a film aimed at modern teenagers and it aims to educate the target group about the risk of rape and about the circumstances surrounding it. It is particularly adamant about the need to speak out and file a police report.

The protagonist is set up as the perfect victim, a girl from a single-parent immigrant family, full of the need to be acknowledged. Fatou is sexually active, which has earned her the nickname "slut". She dresses sexily, drinks alcohol and behaves in a provocative way, but underneath it all she is vulnerable and yearning for love.

When Fatou falls victim to a gang rape, instigated by an immigrant classmate who regards women as trash, she initially tries to deny it ever happened and turns on those who know or suspect the truth and want to help her. However, the evil that entered her life cannot be contained. She must face the truth with the help of those who love her.

The actresses playing Fatou and her best friend Kim, do a quite decent job, some of the extras, especially the classmates in non-speaking roles, are less professional. Nonetheless, the film has an important message to high school kids and I recommend it for that age group.

Honest about the truth

[nix_tix_trix-503 · 8/10 · 27 October 2006]

First of all, this movie is really good. The acting is good, not great, but good. The plot is like the other Swedish teenage movies, BUT, this one is really well done, and it's honest in every way. There is a rape scene in the movie, it's really hard to watch. What i mean, don't compare this movie with the other. Think of this as it is just ONE movie. The music in the movie is good and one thing that is really sad is that the young guy in the movie, who plays "Ville" is dead. He died in a car accident some days after they made the movie, and he was dead when it came to the cinemas.

But afterall, a really good movie that is honest about the truth.

8/10