The Guitar Mongoloid () is a 2004 Swedish drama film written and directed by Ruben Östlund, about different people living outside the norms in the fictional city Jöteborg, strikingly similar to real-life Gothenburg. Although not a documentary, most of the people seen in the film are non-actors more or less playing themselves.
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Reception The film was met by mixed but overall positive reviews, with a rating of 3.6 out of 5 based on eight reviews at the Swedish-language review aggregator website Kritiker.se.The Guitar Mongoloid (in Swedish). Kritiker.se. Retrieved on 2009-04-14 Carl-Johan Malmberg at Svenska Dagbladet gave it 5 out of 6 and called it "a series of sabotages: against our expectations, against good taste, as well as against the boredom of the normal Swedish film with its moderately thoughtful, moderately funny, moderately empathetic, and quickly forgotten stories."Malmberg, Carl-Johan (2004-10-01) "En debut vi väntat på" (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved on 2009-04-14. Jens Peterson at Aftonbladet was less enthusiastic and rated the film 2 out of 5, summarising it as "Jackass without heart, Candid Camera without humour."Peterson, Jens (2004-10-01) "Recensioner: Gitarrmongot" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved on 2009-04-14. The film was honored with the FIPRESCI Award at the 27th Moscow International Film Festival.Awards 2005 . FIPRESCI. Retrieved on 2009-07-26.
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