Review of Stockholm (2019) by Elliecaplan — 14 Apr 2019
Robert Budreau’s Stockholm takes an absurdly true story and paints it into an entertaining and stimulating watch. The film is set in Stockholm Sweden where an American robs the largest bank in the city and holds several of its workers hostage.
The robber is unlike what most people would assume a criminal would be like and is remotely kind to the hostages. Due to this strange dynamic and their unwilling isolation in their workplace, the hostages actually begin to grow an unexpected bond and sympathy for their capturer called the Stockholm syndrome.
Further, one of the hostages ends up developing a romantic connection with the capturer despite the fact that she has a husband and children outside the bank walls. Stockholm creates a conflict of interest for its audience as you begin to feel for the capturer just like the hostages do.
This film does a great job in shedding a light on a true story revolving around an uncanny but real psychological condition.
This review of Stockholm (2019) was written by Elliecaplan on 14 Apr 2019.
Stockholm has generally received positive reviews.
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