Ove, an ill-tempered, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wifes grave, has finally given up on life just as an unlikely friendship develops with his ...

A boisterous young family move in next door to an isolated retiree with strict principles and a short fuse, and a mailbox accident begins an unexpected friendship.

This is a heartwarming, funny, moving and uplifting debut novel which tells the story of love and community that will leave you with a spring in your step. There is something about Ove. At first ...

Adapted from a Swedish book that has already been turned into a movie, the new film searches ... and then attempt suicide. ‘A Man Called Otto’ looks to challenge all that, taking as its ...

Magee and Nicastro previously collaborated on a screen adaptation of another Backman novel, "A Man Called Ove," which was turned into the feature "A Man Called Otto" starring Tom Hanks.

Ove reminds me a lot of the grumpy old guy from the movie Up. He comes across “in that particular way of a middle-aged man who expects the worthless world outside to disappoint him”. He has an ...