X&Y

Translated from swedish: "X&Y" is an exploration of identities that largely focuses on sex. Anna Odell manages to get a sensational amount said and done, and Mikael Persbrandt playfully toys with his notoriety in the fall's most hyped Swedish film.
- Jan Söderqvist

Swedish: svd.se »

Translated from swedish: Confusing, provocative and fascinating. A film that's needed.
- Gunilla Wedding

Swedish: skd.se »

Translated from swedish: "X&Y" is an interesting and unconventional film experience – but it doesn't just push boundaries, it also tests your patience, and navel-gazing is just the beginning. And from a film where so much revolves around sex, you'd expect a more rewarding climax.
- Karolina Fjellborg

Swedish: aftonbladet.se »

Translated from swedish: "X&Y" is like a fireworks display of playfully crackling ideas that eventually fizzle out and don't really lead anywhere. But it's never boring.
- Helena Lindblad

Swedish: dn.se »

Translated from swedish: "X&Y" is at its best when it playfully walks the line of what's acceptable with a mischievous glint in its eye, but it doesn't give me any fresh insights into what it means to be human.
- Maria Brander

Swedish: expressen.se »

Translated from swedish: Poetry, reality, and real poetry are mixed together so that all contours blur into one, completely in line with the recent craze for blending fact and fiction. Yes, the present day is very much present here overall. Consciously and indirectly.
- Fredrik Sahlin

Swedish: svt.se »

Translated from swedish: What strikes me is the thought that there's no actual film here, that a real and accomplished artist doesn't want to create a work of art at all but simply takes the liberty of holding an entire group of people who want to create - hostage.
- Jenny Teleman

Swedish: sverigesradio.se »

Translated from swedish: As a guide into the film industry's both dirty and fascinating world, "X&Y" is an intriguing movie. Like the title's allusion to the X and Y chromosomes, feminine stands against masculine. At the same time, different sides of Odell and Persbrandt are played by a person of the opposite gender. As if to say that masculine and feminine are constructed concepts. Not biological ones.
- David Lindahl

Swedish: filmtopp.se »

Translated from swedish: "X&Y" is a film with fine actors, artistic ambitions, some humor and some seriousness, but no clear idea of who it's speaking to, or why.
- Alexander Kardelo

Swedish: moviezine.se »

Translated from swedish: There are so many layers of meta here that your head explodes. It's pretty entertaining, and so weird. But beneath all the twisted layers, it might also be about confronting yourself and how uncomfortable that can be.
- Mira Klingberg Hjort

Swedish: arbetet.se »

Translated from swedish: I think the movie is an interesting experiment, with exciting actors and intriguing approaches. But it didn't turn out to be as electrifying as I had hoped.
- Björn Jansson

Swedish: sverigesradio.se »