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Ronia, the Robber's Daughter

Ronia, the Robber's Daughter (1984)

December. 14,1984
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7.3
| Adventure Fantasy Drama Family

Ronia lives happily in her father's castle until she comes across a new playmate, Birk, in the nearby dark forest. The two explore the wilderness, braving dangerous Witchbirds and Rump-Gnomes. But when their families find out Birk and Ronia have been playing together, they forbid them to see each other again. Indeed, their fathers are competing robber chieftains and bitter enemies. Now the two spunky children must try to tear down the barriers that have kept their families apart for so long.

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MoPoshy
1984/12/14

Absolutely brilliant

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SpunkySelfTwitter
1984/12/15

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

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Murphy Howard
1984/12/16

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

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Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin
1984/12/17

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

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Atreyu_II
1984/12/18

Astrid Lindgren must have been one of the most cherished book authors in Sweden. She was famous for writing many adventure/fantasy tales for children. Her stories were very appropriate for children.Many of her childish tales formed the basis for full-length films. Of course, I can't make any sort of judgment on the books, due to my complete lack of knowledge on them. As for the movie adaptations, they're generally interesting to a degree: they're about innocence of childhood, they teach good morals, values and lessons, they are well-filmed and have gorgeous cinematography. Swedes's cinematography is among the world's finest, thanks to its purity, naturalness and beauty. But something is missing in those movies... at least in most which I got to see.This one is one of their most successful bets but not as good as 'The Brothers Lionheart'. Still, this one is an intrinsically interesting story, however what stuns me the most is the legendary beauty of its scenario.The original title "Ronja Rövardotter" means "Ronia, the Robber's Daughter" in Swedish. Basically it is the story of two different bands (one of which a robber) that are rivals. Two children (each one from a different band), Birk and Ronja, surprisingly develop a friendship. Together they explore the wilderness of the dark forest and face treacherous birds and gross gnome-like creatures. When forbidden by their respective families to see each other again, they do everything they can to put an end to these old rivalries.The two kids have very mature acting and their chemistry is excellent: Hanna Zetterberg Struwe as Ronja and Dan Håfström as Birk. Also, these kids have mature and independent personalities, they know what they want and what to fight for, they face danger to follow their dreams.This should definitely be on Top 250.

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przgzr
1984/12/19

There should be a difference between "children movies" and "family movies" as two different genres on IMDb. Otherwise many people might believe movies like this are movies for little children and won't even try to watch it. And in the case of Ronja it would be as big mistake as if you avoid watching "Deer Hunter" if you don't like war films, or "Godfather" if you don't like crime movies. Certainly Ronja is not The Godfather, but it's one of the best in the genre: you should have no prejudice - this movie has no age, interest or other limits. It is not a "children movie" as most movies sorted in "family" genre are, like "Pippi Langstrumpf", "Madiken" or "Alla vi barn i Bullerbyn" (all of them by Astrid Lindgren books). It is not a movie you have to watch because you are a grandparent who has a duty to watch TV with grandchildren. It is a movie you can watch at any age alone or with any member of your family. I watched it with my children who are from early to very late teens (and you know how at that age kids try to get as distant as they can from childish so nobody could consider them to be little children); I've never seen it before and it had no sentimental meanings to me (no memories from my childhood), but we all loved it and still, months later, laugh remembering some scenes or quotes. And I saw my wife crying as she never does watching standard tragic stories like "Titanic". We are not that old to be senile and back to diapers. So, if we all loved it - isn't that an example what a real family movie should be?!So please, could these two genres could somehow be distinguished?

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Jonas Micael Bobjörk
1984/12/20

I like to be Ronja. Hmm... maybe not (I like to be a man), but I like to live where she lives. Why? Well, this movie touches me. The music, the story, the stunning nature! The big forests! If i could, I would build a house there. But i live a long way from that nature.About the movie... The story is great. It's perfect for all ages... Of course, there are fantasy-animals, all made up by Astrid Lindgren. This is not just a family movie. It's one of the greatest Fantasys ever made (if you ask me, and I did)10 of 10!

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christiansmovies
1984/12/21

Ronja Rövardotter (Ronia, the Robber's Daughter) is possibly the most beautiful movie ever made of an Astrid Lindgren novel. This movie has it all: heart, magic, love, and it makes you feel really cosy. Very beautifully shot with an unprecedented soundtrack delivered by Björn Isfält. Sure it was made in 1984, but this one is timeless. Beautiful for young and old. This is what Hollywood never really perfected or succeeded in, a true family movie for the WHOLE family, not for just the kids. Just sad it never made it across the pond to the US. If compared with a Hollywood movie; Harry Potter from in my opinion one of the worst directors, C. Columbus, can only dream to have become such a great movie. One Hollywood movie that brought back memories of my childhood and managed to recapture some of the emotions I had with Ronja as a child, was Peter Jackson's adaption of Lord of the Rings.

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