i love movie . a lot . i have see thousand of movie ( that not an exaggeration ) and i have try to see all the important film critic rave about . some of them have be great but others like wild strawberry and this be just meander and depress and ultimately pointless . seriously what so great about this . we see a man become completely destroy and humiliate in front of his son . and the point be . it be just depress and also bore . the acting be nothing special ( it obvious they use amateur ) and the story be just so frustrating . what happen to the bicycle . who have it . why be we not tell . yes and i know life be like that but i do not need a movie to tell me that . sometimes you want a movie to forget about your trouble and worry . this one make thing bad . the ultimate message here seem to be that life be terrible and you can not do a thing about it . do that make it a classic . i do not think so . it another one of those film that be wildly overpraised and and i suppose and at the time of it release it be revolutionary . however not all movie become classic forever and ever . time have not be kind to this one . i think critic and people keep praise it for one of two reason represent they do not understand it and think theyre miss something ( but do not want to admit it ) or do not want to rock the boat of critical opinion from the 1940s . overrate and depress and ultimately pointless .