Oh dear, you happy ones
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Oh dear, you happy ones |
| Original title | Unaccompanied Minors |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2006 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK o. A. |
| Rod | |
| Director | Paul Feig |
| script |
Jacob Meszaros Mya Stark |
| production |
Michael Aguilar Lauren Shuler Donner |
| music | Michael Andrews |
| camera | Christopher Baffa |
| cut |
George Folsey Jr. Brad E. Wilhite |
| occupation | |
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Oh dear, du Fröhliche is an American film from 2006, which opened in the USA on December 8th and in Germany and the Netherlands on December 14th, 2006. The film is based on a true story. This was the first Susan Burton in This American Life , a program of the US public broadcasting, under the title In The Event of An Emergency, Put Your Sister in at Upright Position ( Bring your sister in an emergency in an upright position tells) .
The German title is not based on the American original Unaccompanied Minors , but plays ironically with the title of the old Christmas carol O you cheerful .
action
The fictional “Hoover Airport ” is covered in snow at Christmas . No planes take off until it stops snowing. Until then, all passengers have to wait. The three boys Spencer, Charlie and Timothy and the two girls Grace and Donna escape from the common room for children traveling alone. These kids are looking around the airport and doing some nonsense. Before they were recaptured, the rest of the children, including Spencer's sister Katherine, were housed in a hotel. As a punishment, the five runaways are not allowed to join the others and the airport manager Oliver Porter has them locked up in the lounge. So that Spencer's sister Katherine, who still believes in Santa Claus, doesn't spoil Christmas, the five outsmart her overseer and break out. Then they hide on the run from the alarmed guards in the warehouse for uncollected luggage, flee from the airport area and make their way to the hotel, which they reach via detours. However, you will be followed by airport staff to the hotel. After they have left a present with the sleeping Katerine, the airport staff catch them, catch them and bring them back to the airport. There they are locked up again, but this time they are kept separate from each other in individual cells so that they cannot escape together again. After the children communicate with the help of their walkie talkies and have escaped again, they festively decorate the airport. Finally, the five children, the other passengers and the staff celebrate Christmas together and Santa Claus distributes gifts to all single travelers from the store for lost luggage. Grace is allowed to spend Christmas with the Davenports, whose environmentalist father picks her up in a gas-guzzling Hummer vehicle because his bio-diesel Mercedes was unable to drive due to the wrong fuel. The five children agree to keep in touch before they say goodbye.
Reviews
- "The youthful ensemble covers up the weaknesses of the plot, which seems like a not very original" best of "earlier box office hits like Kevin mentioned at the beginning ." (Critic.de, December 13, 2006)
- "... the uncomfortable cast and the harmless showdown prevent a bigger comedy throw, instead of the full 90 minutes only about 30 minutes are really entertaining, the rest is either too sweet or too controlled." ( Filmstarts.de )
- "Turbulent Christmas comedy for children, which also strikes a more thoughtful note and avoids sentimentality in favor of a largely coherent story about a child-friendly Christmas party as well as developing friendships." ( Lexicon of the international film )
Acceptance by audience and critics
Oh dear, you happy ones! was not a success at the box office. The film grossed just under $ 17 million in the US but required a budget of $ 25 million. DVD sales are not included here. Its gross global box office income was $ 22 million. The film received generally negative to mixed reviews from critics. It has a "Rotten" rating of 28% on Rotten Tomatoes , and a score of 43 out of 100 on Metacritic, indicating mixed to average reviews.
Web links
- Oh Minors in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Oh dear, you happy ones in the online film database
- Oh Minors at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Oh Minors at Metacritic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Episode # 175: "Babysitting" ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , This American Life .
- ↑ critic.de: Oh dear, you Fröhliche ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ filmstarts.de: Oh dear, you happy ones
- ↑ Oh dear, you happy ones. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Box Office Mojo: Oh dear, you happy ones!
- ↑ Oh dear, you happy ones at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- ↑ Oh dear, you happy at Metacritic (English)
