Tina & Bettina: The Movie (2012)

	Directed by: Simen Alsvik	COUNTRY Norway GENRE Comedy INTERNATIONAL TITLE - RUNNING TIME 81 minutes
	Produced by: Kjetil Omberg Terje Strømstad Jørgen Storm Rosenberg
	Written by: Espen Enger

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Tina	Odd Magnus Williamson
Bettina	Henrik Thodesen
Sigrund Munthe Foss	Else Kåss Furuseth	½
Synøve Risnes	Triana Iglesias Holten
Niklas	Björn Gustafsson	½
Rolf	Ingar Helge Gimle
Geir	Nils Jørgen Kaalstad
Rektor	Mari Maurstad
Emo	Kevin Vågenes
Tinas mor	Trine Wiggen

Review

This little social satire is based on two overclass, ignorant, self-obsessed teenage characters made and played by comedians Odd Magnus Williamson and Henrik Thodesen on the late-night comedy show Torsdag kveld fra Nydalen on Norwegian TV2. The "girls'" video blog revolved around high-school intrigue and the importance of being from the west side of Oslo and having enough money to show for it, and the great concern was, of course, whether these 5-minute blog-entry skits were enough to base an entire feature film on. Luckily, the screenwriters have done a good job in scaling up Tina & Bettina, and the result is a full-blown high-school satire with a good combination of local and universal issues and features. The comedy balances quite effectively on the edge of overcooking, and to my surprise, the many music-video segments work as intensifiers rather than the opposite. Fine comedy acting by Williamson and Thodesen is the icing on this remarkably tasty and creative cake.