A dirty little village in the middle of nowhere

I tried to read the novel, but couldn't go further than a few chapters. The movie follows suit. I watched it through though, but with distress. Like before in the Finnish detective Vares series, couple of things in particular annoyed me. First off, the characters they all are weird and wacky (intentionally built that way), and they are plenty. Add that to the worst one-liners known to mankind, and you are good to go.