History Film / AManCalledOtto

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the novel and Swedish film Ove, while a good man at heart, is genuinely prejudiced and bigoted before his character development. In contrast Otto is much more open-minded from the start, and never displays any overt bigotry.

* AdaptationNameChange: Instead of Ove, it is Otto.

* CompositeCharacter: Adrian and Mirsad are combined into the character Malcolm.

* MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold: While he certainly is conservative and a jerk at times, he has no one in his life anymore but wants others to understand their own actions and motives and can be helpful.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Otto dies of heart failure but at least got to have a fulfilling final few years with Marisol, Tommy, and their kids.]]

* IntergenerationalFriendship: Otto forms a strong friendship with his neighbor Marisol who is young enough to be his daughter. She feels the same way and worries about Otto’s wellbeing the same way that one would with her father.

Otto (Creator/TomHanks) is a man who becomes depressed and cranky after his wife dies of cancer. He even attempts suicide when, just then, a couple with a lively Mexican woman named Marisol with their kids move in next door. The local neighborhood cat also takes attention to Otto and he has to learn how to appreciate people and let go of his past.

* PapaWolf: Otto will of as far as physically threaten a road rager that insults Marisol when she learns to first drive.

* PassingTheTorch: He gives Marisol the crib he planned for his kid him and Sonja were going to have.
* TheReveal: As per the original narrative, is revealed that [[spoiler:Sonya was pregnant and then her and Otto got into a bus crash which left her disabled and killed the baby.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Otto dies of heart failure but at least got to have a complete life full of years with Marisol, Tommy, and their kids.]]

!!Tropes specific to ''A Man Called Otto'':

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: In the novel and Swedish film Ove, while a good man at heart, is genuinely prejudiced and and bigoted before his character development. In contrast Otto is much more open-minded from the start, and never displays any overt bigotry.

* TragicStillbirth: [[spoiler:While Otto's wife Sonya was pregnant they were in a bus crash that disabled here and killed the baby.]]

Otto (Creator/TomHanks) is a man who becomes depressed and cranky after his wife and their child (whom she was pregnant with) die in a bus crash. He even contemps suicide when, just then, a couple with a lively Mexican woman named Marisol with their kids move in next door. The local neighborhood cat also takes attention to Otto and he has to now learn how to appreciate people and let go of his past.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Otto’s wife and their child were both killed in a bus crash which was how Otto became suicidal and depressed.

* TheReveal: As per the original narrative, is revealed that [[spoiler:Sonya was pregnant and then her and Otto got into a bus crash which killed her and the baby, which was how Otto became a depressed.]]
* TragicStillbirth: [[spoiler:While he survives, Otto's wife Sonya dies in a bus crash while she was pregnant.]]

''A Man Called Otto'' is a 2023 American drama film. It is the [[ForeignRemake remake]] of the Swedish film ''A Man Called Ove'' and the [[Literature/AManCalledOve 2012 novel]] it's based off.

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A Man Called Otto is a 2023 Americanized remake of the Swedish film Literature/AManCalledOve and the 2012 novel it’s based on. This time Tom Hanks is Otto. Otto is a man who becomes a depressed, cranky old man after his wife and their child (whom she was pregnant with) die in a bus crash and even becomes suicidal when just then, a couple with a lively Mexican woman named Marisol with their kids move in next door. The local neighborhood cat also takes attention to Otto and he has to now learn to appreciate people and let go of his past.

While this is mostly the same story, we will list the differences with this particular adaptation.

!!Tropes on A Man Called Otto:

* TragicStillbirth: [[spoiler:While he survives, Otto's wife Sonya dies in a bus crash while she was pregnant.]]