Snowroller
A well-meaning novice skier and his friends turn an Alpine package holiday into a warmly chaotic Scandinavian vacation farce.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- None
- witty
- warm
- breezy
- lazy sunday
- winter holiday
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Stig Helmer arrives at an Alpine ski resort without knowing how to downhill ski, while the Swedish group struggles with the culture and demands of an organized winter holiday.
The vacation group includes Stig Helmer, Ole, the choleric Jönsson family, romantic vacationers, and kick-sled salesmen whose competing behaviors create comic friction.
The Swiss Alps, ski school, ski lifts, hang gliding, and winter recreation provide the film's recurring comic environment.
Stig and Ole charm Lotta and Kärran while the wider tourist group forms temporary connections during the ski vacation.
Films like Snowroller, and why
Sällskapsresan
broad vacation comedy built around cultural misunderstandings, an anxious everyman, and an ensemble of eccentric tourists
National Lampoon's European Vacation
warm, gently absurd holiday comedy centered on ordinary people navigating an unfamiliar leisure destination
The Holiday
ensemble travel comedy using fish out of water situations, romantic mishaps, and escalating vacation chaos
Movie Details
- Director
- Lasse Åberg
- Release Date
- 1985-10-04
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 (87)
Cast
- Lasse Åberg
- Jon Skolmen
- Cecilia Walton
- Eva Millberg
- Ingrid Wallin
- Björn Granath
- Erica Larsson
- Oscar Franzén
- David Kehoe
- Bengt Andersson
Common questions
- What is Snowroller about?
- A well-meaning novice skier and his friends turn an Alpine package holiday into a warmly chaotic Scandinavian vacation farce.
- What is Snowroller like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Snowroller as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Snowroller violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Snowroller.
- Which films are like Snowroller?
- Films with a similar feel include Sällskapsresan, National Lampoon's European Vacation, and The Holiday.
- How long is Snowroller?
- Snowroller runs 91 minutes.
