Matti: Hell Is for Heroes
Matti: Hell Is for Heroes

Matti: Hell Is for Heroes (2006)

K-15 (FI) | Finland | Finnish | 135 min | 2007-01-13
Directed by: Aleksi Mäkelä
5.9

A ski jumper descends from winning 4 Olympic Gold Medals, to serving two years for stabbing a relative. Careers as a stripper and singer, plus five marriages, replete with allegations of domestic violence are fictionalized sympathetically in this dramedy. Alleged exploitation/manipulation of Matti, due to his naivety and gullibility, along with deterioration of his skiing ability due to heavy drinking and bad decisions is emphasized. Many Matti malapropisms a la Yogi Berra, attributed to the Finnish skiing legend, are employed as biopic comic dialogue.

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