CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Anoushka Slater While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Atreyu_II 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.

SayMyNameBitches Its really hard for me to describe how wonderful this film is and how much magic it holds. The story centers around a young girl named Ronja and her family of robbers living in a castle that got split in two parts by an earthquake during her birth. One day another robber family moves inn to one part of the castle and a young boy called Birk belongs to that family and the two children start to develop a brother and sister relationship, but the two robber families have a history of rivalry witch keeps them apart. Fed up with their families they run away to live together alone.Astrid Lindgren has some of the most wonderful children stories and Ronja Rövardotter is most definitely one of her best and the film does a perfect justice to the book.Every children should watch this wonderful film

christiansmovies 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.

Zaphod Beeblebrox I can't think of a movie based upon a book or novel by Astrid Lindgren that is bad. Ok, SOME movies are pretty silly... But there's NO ONE that I don't like.In my opinion "Ronja, the robber's daughter" is one of the greatest Swedish movies ever. I enjoyed it the first time I saw it and I still do.(many years later...) As a child, I always wanted to BE like Ronja; free, independent and with a whole forest to play in.The music and songs are so right and always makes me wanna sing along.The characters are unforgettable; Old Skalle-Per, Ronja's caring mother Lovis and her macho-father Mattis.The best part is when Ronja and Birk moves out into the forest, but nothing is boring. Anyone who likes nice stories, romance and good acting should see this movie.I give "Ronja Roeverdotter" a big and happy 8+.