Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- melancholic
- intimate
- sensual
- quiet evening
- arthouse film night
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the central performances and Widerberg's direction, while noting underdeveloped supporting characters and a male-centered perspective.
What sets it apart
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Stig's relationship with his older teacher functions as the central vehicle for his emotional and sexual maturation.
The affair unfolds in Malmö during the Second World War, giving private desire a tense historical backdrop.
Viola is both Stig's teacher and his older sexual partner, making authority and consent central to the story's unease.
The film combines passionate attraction with reflective sadness, jealousy, alcoholism, and anticipated consequences.
Films like All Things Fair, and why
The Reader
forbidden teacher student romance, morally complicated coming of age, and intimate period drama
A Summer's Tale
melancholic first love, adolescent awakening, and reflective European period setting
An Education
adult adolescent sexual relationship, coming of age, and emotionally searching romance drama
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
period romantic drama shaped by infidelity, desire, and social consequences
Movie Details
- Director
- Bo Widerberg
- Release Date
- 1995-03-08
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (180)
Cast
- Johan Widerberg
- Marika Lagercrantz
- Tomas von Brömssen
- Karin Huldt
- Nina Gunke
- Kenneth Milldoff
- Björn Kjellman
- Frida Lindholm
- Sigge Cederlund
- Monica Stenbeck
Common questions
- What is All Things Fair about?
- A Swedish adolescent's forbidden affair with his married teacher becomes a haunting passage into adult desire, betrayal, and consequence.
- What is All Things Fair like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of All Things Fair as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is All Things Fair violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in All Things Fair.
- What did critics think of All Things Fair?
- Critics broadly praised the central performances and Widerberg's direction, while noting underdeveloped supporting characters and a male-centered perspective.
- Which films are like All Things Fair?
- Films with a similar feel include The Reader, A Summer's Tale, An Education, and The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
- How long is All Things Fair?
- All Things Fair runs 125 minutes.
