I really enjoyed this film. It takes a bit of patience to see where the story is taking us but eventually you see that you are in good hands. I suppose that if I knew anything at all about Bergman I would appreciate this film more but what was there was enough. As the blurred reality starts to play out I found the movie interesting on several different levels. While watching this film I couldn't help but think of a line from a Counting Crowes song: "Get your dreams just right". follow me at https://IHATEBadMovies.com or facebook IHATEBadMovies

A film of reflections (or ghosts). The filmmakers couple seems a reflection of Hansen's relationship with Olivier Assayas, Bergman's cinema is reflected in the elitist residence of Fårö, even the Safari through the stones and non-existent houses of Bergman's sets seems ironic. The real relationship is reflected in the imagined relationship, the movie within the movie, the love with barriers that is not consolidated.

As exciting as packaged sheets on the shelf in a suburban Ikea. Maybe if I knew more about Bergman? Maybe if I liked Bergman? Maybe if I liked movies about relationships tucked inside movies about relationships?

Hansen-Løve’s response to Bergman. Like Virginia Woolf to the modernists. Or perhaps she’s just a well-adjusted person.

The film is pleasant to look at but dramatically, it's a bit inert. I suspect Bergman afficiandos will appreciate this film more than I did.