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WELCOME TO SWEDEN
July 17, 2014  | By David Bianculli

NBC, 9:00 p.m. ET

 

Now that Greg Poehler, creator and star of this new series presented by NBC, has established the autobiographical premise of his show – a man, here named Bruce, moves to Sweden after falling in love with a woman who lives there – it’s time to run with the comic possibilities of the premise. Lena Olin, as the mother of Bruce’s girlfriend, gets more laughs in subtitled Swedish than most NBC comedy stars do in English. Poehler is funny, too, but quietly so, while Josephine Bornebusch, as his girlfriend, is a real find, and tonight, gets to show off her own comic timing and gifts. And this second episode also makes room for Will Ferrell, playing an exaggerated version of himself, with a particularly helpful gift for Bruce: a Swedish-language instructional audiotape.

 
 
 
 
 
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