Fresh
This homey construct is warm, exactingly crafted and painted with pop-country tones.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Patrik, Age 1.5
Little typo. Big problem.
2008 · 1h 38m · Unrated
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Ella Lemhagen
Overview
Göran and Sven have been cleared for adoption and they have a possibility to adopt a swedish orphan, Patrik 1,5. But when Patrik arrives he turns out to be someone else, not the little boy they were expecting. A comma had been misplaced, and in comes a 15-year-old homophobic with a criminal past.
Director and cast
- Ella Lemhagen Director
- Gustaf Skarsgård as Göran Skoogh
- Torkel Petersson as Sven Skoogh
- Tom Ljungman as Patrik
- Annika Hallin as Eva
- Amanda Davin as Isabell
- Anette Sevreus as Louise Ljung
- Jacob Ericksson as Lennart Ljung
- Mats Blomgren as Jan Åström
- Malin Cederblad as Monika Åström
- Antti Reini as Tommy Karlsson
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
72%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A film that always chooses optimism and wishful thinking over realism.
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
Fresh
In its murky light, the film is filled with details that seem utterly true...
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Rotten
The Kids Are All Right cuts the same corners as this movie, it just uses a better knife.
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
Rotten
It's predictable.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
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