What Does That Nature Say to You 2026 Movie Review
A man is dropping off his girlfriend at her parents’ place, when he accidentally meets the dad and gets roped into spending time with the family. So, we get a series of scenes with mostly static cameras mostly having the man navigate various minefields with the family.
For those in the minuscule intersection of people interested in this and who have seen Roy Andersson’s movies from his second coming, this was reminiscent of those. Not as absurd, but had the same kind of pace and dryness to the humor. Not that you can quite ever achieve full Andersson, but you know, close enough.
This is an enjoyable movie, but it definitely isn’t for everyone. In fact, one of those things I wouldn’t quite know who to recommend this to, even here in Finland where Andersson is quite popular in certain circles.
There are only five people in the movie and weirdly the shooting locations were credited as well. There aren’t too many of those either. Mostly, they are just at the house, but some of them do visit a temple and a restaurant. Not a lot of adrenaline in there either.
Mostly, everything is just a little bit awkward. The guy is meeting with the parents for the first after dating their daughter for three years, so this is understandable, but the daughter isn’t always making all of it easier either.
There is some comments on a specific lifestyle, but due to the dryness of the movie, there just isn’t that much of an indication on where the movie stands on it, so you can argue that it’s just making the point that this should be something to consider.
