Matti: Hell Is for Heroes

Matti: Hell Is for Heroes

Directed by Aleksi Mäkelä

Produced by Solar Films

2006141 min5.5 / 10

A darkly comedic biography of a celebrated athlete's spectacular fall into addiction, violence, and self-destruction after his glory days end.

Four Olympic gold medals, seven World Championship titles, four World Cup tour championships, and forty six World Cup circuit victories. Once his career as a professional athlete ended however, the other side of his personality emerged into public view in all of its vulgarity. An alcohol dependency, several marriages accompanied by numerous marital problems, petty crime, uncontrolled acts of violence, and greedy hangers-on.

Questions people ask

  • Is Matti: Hell Is for Heroes sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of films.

  • Does Matti: Hell Is for Heroes end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Matti: Hell Is for Heroes violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.

  • Is Matti: Hell Is for Heroes easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Is Matti: Hell Is for Heroes scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

24/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity85

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise6

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love8

How much audiences actually like it

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