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I think the running time is perfect, and the ending with that Chocolate Milk scene is the cherry on top of this fantastic film. The film at the end of the day is about Elin and Agnes and their story ends when they come out of that bathroom together in front of all the students and teachers, admitting their love to the world. It wasn't about the parents or the students think, I think that scene when Agnes and her mother arguing pretty much tells you what Agnes mother thinks. And her father seems to just want his daughter to be happy. With the students you know they will try to bully them but that Elin won't stand for their crap. But Moodysson isn't interest in that.
Plenty of great fan fiction out there from fans that you can read if you want the story to continue. Personal the film is perfect as it is.
If there is one fault with the film, it's just hard to picture Rebecka as a outcast. She'd probably be the girl every guy and girl would be after in High School lol. But amazingly Rebecka makes you forget that while playing Agnes and delivers a fantastic performance.
Bad choices (more so in her Hollywood projects), some personal scandal that did her some damage (the whole Ryan Phillippe thing didn't do her any favours) and she sadly got herself typecast in Wife/Girlfriend roles for years now. As you said she's done well for herself but she hasn't lived up to her potential of her early career.
She's only 35, so she could turn it around. It's a shame her best work has been done outside Hollywood. For me to see the best of Abbie, Somersault, Candy and Bright Star are the ones. She has some good films I like on her C.V, like A Good Year, Seven Psychopaths, Elizabeth the Golden Age and the Oscar winning Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri. But even in those films, she's not a standout. But her C.V is littered with a ton of crap and Wife/Girlfriend roles that underuse her badly. I just get the feeling with Abbie, she's just happy to get the work and pick up the cheque type actress.
I was going to say maybe stepping into TV world might give her a boost so she might get better roles. And it seems she's doing just that with Jack Ryan TV show in 2018. So fingers crossed it goes well for her. I honestly do think she's a talent, maybe going back to do a few films in Australia could be a good idea that could give her a role she can bite into while still doing the pay cheque films in Hollywood.