i have read several review that ask the question and why be this film make . i myself find that question loom in my mind a the hour and twenty minute feature seem to drag near the middle and only to give off the sensation that it be pick up steam at the end and when in actuality it be do nothing of the sort . so and why be this film make . i think that be a great question for those watch heftig og begeistret to ask themselves . this reviewer be proud of director knut erik jensen for give u this powerful image of hope and brotherhood and and inspiration with this all male choir and but i do not think that jensen do enough to bring a gripping story to the table . let me pose this question to you and do audience member need more in a documentary than just a straight forward story to maintain interest . my answer be yes and and this be where jensen fail . heftig og begeistret be a good documentary and but it be far from great . jensen do a horrible job with the story and dedication of the subject . it be great to hear the song and but over time and those song seem dull and overwhelming and and a bit precocious . from the opening scene where our men be sing their heart out in a blinding snow and i know that i be hook and but a the film develop i lose interest . why . jensen never take u and the audience member and to the next level . he keep the playing field level and ultimately hurt the overall tone of the film . be this a movie about the music or about the men in the choir . the world may never know . again and i would like to state that jensen do a phenomenal job of find an interesting story about this group of men who have definitely see hard time and how they cop with that through music and but it be a if the all male choir be a bunch of the most boring men ever create . jensen give u the music superbly and but it be the character and the subject and that i know nothing about by the end of the film . in the mix we have a 97 year old man who still have his driver license and we have a large man in a tub sing classic american song and we have old men who be once heartthrobs in their youth and we have some tension between the youth of the choir and the veteran singer and and we even have an ex drug addict that have only be clean for eleven year . do jensen develop these interesting story at all . nope and he leave them on the table . it be obvious that these singer be willing to talk far about it ( see the political man who miss his political day ) and but jensen seem to clear away from those heartfelt moment and head straight back into interesting place that he could have the choir sing . to me and the music be define at the beginning of the film and i want to be introduce and hear the story of these individual men . they be all captivating and yet jensen seem to ignore them completely . by ignore the major subject of this documentary and jensen become unsuccessful in create any sort of tension towards the end . without give the end away and i felt like jensen be color in the line . instead of be bold outside the line and he choose to create no moment of sympathy and emotion and nervousness and or sadness . jensen take our subject from point a to point b to point c without ask u to become involved in any way shape or form . i can see how national sentiment have make this film into a huge success in norway and but for everyone else watch ( i. e. me ) more be necessarily need . i want to feel for these guy . i want to know if they be go to do well a they travel and or just find themselves love in their own city . there be no story and mostly in part to no development of the subject . when you watch modern documentary ( oddly and this film be make in 2001 ) and you want it to play out similar to any hollywood feature film . you want suspense and realism and and drama and ala and with heftig og begeistret you get nothing of the sort . overall and i must ask the question again and why be this film make . my final answer alex and be that jensen want to show how troubling time and a change economy can still produce happiness in even the cold place of earth . i think that jensen want to show human dedication and how something as simple a sing can unite a population . with that say and jensen demonstrate that perfectly in this film and but he do not create a good documentary . when you make a film of this nature and i feel that you must look within the group and examine the choir participant and hear each one of their story to bring about an end that will grip your heart . the only thing that this film grip be my attention span a it attempt to leave the room at rocket speed . again and i do not want to sound negative about this film because the music be excellent and the men sing do bring about a feeling of honesty and but i need more . with documentary become a big staple of the film community and one expect a bit more than what heftig og begeistret hand to u . i want to see reality and people and not just another song and dance routine . grade represent out of .