Editing Show Me Love (film) (section)

===Critical and commercial response===
''Fucking Åmål'' received the highest audience figures for a Swedish film in 1998–9, with a total audience of 867,576 and a total audience for the whole of Europe of 2.1 million.<ref name=aud>{{cite web |url=http://lumiere.obs.coe.int/web/film_info/?id=8161 |title=Film #8161 : Fucking Åmål |website=[[Lumiere (database)|Lumiere]] |access-date=April 12, 2020 |archive-date=23 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623195835/http://lumiere.obs.coe.int/web/film_info/?id=8161 |url-status=live }}</ref> It grossed $6.5 million in Sweden and $3 million in Norway.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=1 September 2000|page=31|title=Moodyson follows up early promise|last=Buddrus|first=Petra|url=https://www.screendaily.com/moodysson-follows-up-on-early-promise/403474.article|access-date=3 May 2024|archive-date=29 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029000713/https://www.screendaily.com/moodysson-follows-up-on-early-promise/403474.article|url-status=live}}</ref> Some international reports stated that the film had outgrossed the [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] film ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' in Sweden.<ref>{{cite news |title=Show Me Love movie review & film summary (2000) |first=Roger |last=Ebert |author-link=Roger Ebert |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/show-me-love-2000 |newspaper=[[Roger Ebert]] Website |date=March 24, 2000 |access-date=July 7, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050526124458/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20000324/REVIEWS/3240302/1023 |url-status=live |archive-date=May 26, 2005 }}</ref> In fact, ''Titanic'' had over twice as many viewers as ''Show Me Love'' in Sweden in 1998.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lumiere.obs.coe.int/web/film_info/?id=8001 |title=Film #8001 - Titanic |website=Lumiere |access-date=April 12, 2020 |archive-date=31 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131123148/http://lumiere.obs.coe.int/web/film_info/?id=8001 |url-status=live }}</ref>

''Show Me Love'' has an approval rating of 91% on [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], based on 44 reviews, and an average rating of 7.5/10. The website's critical consensus states: "A naturalistic depiction of teenage life, ''Show Me Love'' has a charming, authentic feel".<ref name="RottenTomatoes" /> [[Metacritic]] assigned the film a weighted average score of 73 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/show-me-love?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1c | title=Show Me Love | website=[[Metacritic]] }}</ref> It is among the top ten of the [[British Film Institute]] list of the 50 films you should see by the age of 14.<ref>{{cite web |title=Debate produces list of films that children should see |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/education/conferences/watchthis/ |department=Watch This |work=[[British Film Institute]] |date=2005 |access-date=July 7, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202140316/http://www.bfi.org.uk/education/conferences/watchthis/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 2, 2007}}</ref>

The film received consistently good reviews, including the realism and credibility of its portrayal of what it is like to be a teenager in a small town in the 1990s. In addition, the efforts of the young actors were praised. Jan-Olov Andersson at [[Aftonbladet]] felt that Dahlström's and Liljeberg's imaginative appearance and interaction was "sensationally credible", and Bo Ludvigsson at [[Svenska Dagbladet]] wrote that it was "a warm, strong and confident film about the courage to be human". Ludvigsson also believed that ''Fucking Åmål'', with its storytelling drive, leave and authenticity, was well above most of the Swedish films of recent years. Anders Hansson at [[Göteborgs-Posten]] thought that director Moodysson with fairly ordinary elements created "a film with unusual rise".<ref name="SFD" />

[[Autostraddle]] placed it at number 20 on its "Top 100 Best Lesbian Movies" list.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.autostraddle.com/top-ten-best-lesbian-movies-yes-thats-right-10-queer-girl-movies-that-dont-suck/ |title=Top Ten Best Lesbian Movies: 10 Queer Movies That Don't Suck. |date=August 19, 2009 |work=[[Autostraddle]] |access-date=June 11, 2017 |archive-date=5 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705213510/https://www.autostraddle.com/top-ten-best-lesbian-movies-yes-thats-right-10-queer-girl-movies-that-dont-suck/ |url-status=live }}</ref>