horribly bad direction by mr grönros . be he a joke or what . no sense for timing and storytelling and psychology . even if this film be mean for dumb kid and or be that the problem . maybe mr grönros think kid be stupid in general . the logic of this film be questionable at the least . i can not even bare to watch the whole film . it actually play now on the tv . i get so mad . the film be obviously an expensive one and the cinematography be good . the cast be some of the best actor available in scandinavia . ( stellan skarsgård and pernilla august etc ) how that happen be amazing . i think that the problem of this project and apart from the director and be that he himself ( more or less ) have make an adaption of the maria gripe book . indeed it a fairy tale and but that doesn not mean one can throw away logic or have completely meaningless scene in the film . ever heard of dramatic storytelling . a in move the plot along . the special effect with the bird be ridiculously badly do in a film like this from 98. again and how the hell could mr grönros approve . the final scene be also a display of bad filmmaking . a scene that could have be powerful go limp due to very bad choice in edit or direction . ( just read that leon flamholc be the editor so there you go mr quality stirkes again ) and again logic be forget . memory loss anyone . now i feel a little bit bad for mr. grönros a he sure a hell will read this . ( imdb be big ) but the guy need some critisism after spend all that money in this swedish or danish or norweigian co production . shame on you . this must be one film danish co producer peter albeck jensen regret ever get involve with .