You, the Living

2009 | Comedy, Drama, Music, Foreign Language

Synopsis

Humankind's greatness, baseness, joy, sorrow, self-confidence, anxiety, desire to love and be loved.

Scores

Overall Score
56.6
Popularity Percentile (Year)
48.2%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
50.8%
Review Aggregate
85.7

Critic Consensus

100.0% Fresh • 41 critic reviews

Critic reception is largely positive, with 100% of 41 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize funny, visually striking, surreal. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.

funnyvisually strikingsurrealthought-provokinglightheartedstylizedtragicdark

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Elisabet Helander2009$5,079,000$7,428,000(est)
Björn Englund2009$3,127,000$4,573,000(est)
Jessika Lundberg2009$2,354,000$3,443,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score98.0
RT critic review count42
Rotten Tomatoes audience score80.0
RT audience rating count5,000
IMDb rating7.4
IMDb votes16,781

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2009$21,438$31,352
International2009$1,819,461$2,660,909
Worldwide2009$1,840,899$2,692,261

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2009$738,503$1,080,040
Digital Rentals ?2009$426,000$623,013
Digital Purchases ?2009$137,000$200,359
Physical Rentals ?2009$1,739,000$2,543,237
Physical Purchases ?2009$3,716,000$5,434,542
TV & Streaming Revenue2009$13,200,000$19,304,615
Total Revenues2009$19,956,503$29,185,805
Expenses
Budget ?2009$44,000,000$64,348,718
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2009$1,105,000 (est)$1,616,030 (est)
Participations2009$399,000$583,526
Residuals ?2009$1,051,000$1,537,057
Interest & Overhead2009$7,480,000$10,939,282
Total Expenses2009$54,035,000$79,024,613
Movie Net Profit or Loss2009$-34,078,497$-49,838,808

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