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The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki

Hymyilevä mies (The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki)

2016

Juho Kuosmanen

Jarkko Lahti, Eero Milonoff, Oona Airola, Joonas Saartamo ...

6.6

893

Drama Summer 1962, Olli Mäki has a shot at the world championship title in featherweight boxing. From the Finnish countryside to the bright lights of Helsinki, everything has been prepared for his fame and fortune. All Olli has to do is lose weight and concentrate. But there is a problem – he has fallen in love with Raija.

	Author	Review
United States	Guy Lodge Variety	"Juho Kuosmanen's tender, melancholic boxing biopic beguiles from start to Finnish (...) Mäki is among the most endearingly vulnerable boxers ever to spar on screen"	POS
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"In addition to the considerable pleasures of the well-told real-life story and the nuanced characterization of Jarkko Lahti in the title role, the movie is a small marvel of impeccable craftsmanship"	POS
United Kingdom	Sarah Ward Screendaily	"As Muhammad Ali once famously explained, a good boxer must float like a butterfly and sting like a bee, words that Juho Kuosmanen has clearly taken to heart"	POS
United States	Bradley Warren The Playlist	"Even if it plays in a minor key throughout its runtime, it is all it needs to be."	POS
United Kingdom	Geoffrey Macnab The Independent	"[It] rethinks and revitalises the boxing movie genre (...) One of the most romantic boxing movies ever made"	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"Mr. Kuosmanen, who wrote the script with Mikko Myllylahti, layers on scenes of everyday realism (...) that build an intimate, lived-in portrait."	POS
United Kingdom	Simran Hans The Guardian	"Juho Kuosmanen’s charming slice-of-life drama is a warm, welcome sideways look at the Finnish featherweight boxing champion Olli Mäki (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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