IMDb plot summary: The 101 year old man Allan Karlsson goes through Europe in search for a Russian soda recipe he lost during the early 70s. Unfortunately, he is not the only one who is looking for it.
Directed by Felix Herngren and Måns Herngren. Starring Robert Gustafsson, Iwar Wiklander, David Wiberg, and Shima Niavarani.
The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared is apparently a sequel to the movie The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared. I did not know this when I watched it and was a little lost at first. In the first film, apparently a 100-year-old man and his 80-year-old friend run away and steal a bunch of money together. The sequel never really addresses the crimes he may have committed, there are just a whole bunch of people who are angry at him and trying to find him. This particular entry in his story focuses on him trying to find the missing recipe for an unbelievably delicious Russian soft drink. There are a lot of twists and turns and farcical mistakes and monkeys and CIA agents and all kinds of other characters who make their way into the story, but it all just felt empty. I'm not sure if seeing the first film would have made this story feel more complete, but it certainly doesn't stand very well on its own. It's all just kind of... blah, but I can see them TRYING to be really absurdly funny, and that makes for a very uncomfortable watch.
How it entered my Flickchart:
The 101-Year Old Man < To Be or Not to Be
The 101-Year Old Man > Big Business
The 101-Year Old Man < Snatch.
The 101-Year Old Man > Ted
The 101-Year Old Man > The Conjuring
The 101-Year Old Man < Dracula (1931)
The 101-Year Old Man < Water for Elephants
The 101-Year Old Man < The Inspector General
The 101-Year Old Man > Saboteur
The 101-Year Old Man < Burlesque
The 101-Year Old Man < Master Harold and the Boys
The 101-Year Old Man > Beach Party
Final spot: #2163 out of 3309, or 35%.
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