Patrick 1.5

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Movie
German title Patrick 1.5
Original title Patrick 1.5
Patrik 1.5 Logo.png
Country of production Sweden
original language Swedish
Publishing year 2008
length 103 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
Rod
Director Ella Lemhagen
script Michael Druker
Ella Lemhagen
production Tomas Michaelsson
music Fredrik Emilson
camera Marek Wieser
cut Thomas Lagerman
occupation

Patrik 1,5 is a Swedish comedy film from 2008.

action

The homosexual couple Sven and Göran move to a suburb and are greeted warmly after their inauguration ceremony. Otherwise, the two men are doing pretty well, after all, they are successful at work, financially secure and can fulfill their material dreams. They just miss something in life - a baby. While talking to other married couples at this party, they decide to adopt one. Although they are married and have a certain standard of living, they are permanently denied adoption because of their sexuality. When they almost give up hope, the opportunity arises to adopt a Swedish orphan named Patrik, to whom they agree without hesitation. Unfortunately, a small error crept into the papers. Patrik is not 1.5 years old, but at the prime of puberty at 15. The future parents are shocked to see not only an emotionally troubled teenager in front of them, but also one with a criminal past.

Both of them hurriedly to the adoption agency, but they only assure that it would take a while to fix this error, at least a week. In the following days Sven is more and more appalled by Patrik's insulting behavior, while Göran sees the good in him. Patrik himself is afraid of the two men because he believes the stereotype that every homosexual is also a pedophile . After the agency finally finds time to deal with the case, all three present. There, however, the three are only given one choice, either he stays with his current family or goes back to the care center. After Göran doesn't have the heart to send Patrik back, Sven leaves him in disgust, after all Patrik has not only messed up their life together, but downright disrupted it. Göran agrees to take care of Patrik until the agency has found a suitable family for Patrik. During the next few days he discovered Patrik's talent for gardening and they both began to accept each other.

After a few weeks, Patrik had long since put away his fears and prejudices. The agency gets in touch and reports that they have found a suitable family for him. Sven also returns, as he has realized that the argument wasn't worth it to break his relationship with Göran. A short time later, his new father picks him up and Patrik leaves his beloved home. But he shouldn't stay away for long, because soon after he is back on the mat and decides to live with Sven and Göran.

criticism

The film received good reviews. The Rotten Tomatoes website counted 12 positive out of 17 professional reviews, which corresponds to a value of 71%. The film was also received with overwhelmingly positive reactions from the general public, as 67% of 1,680 users rated the film positively. This in turn is more than confirmed by the online film archive IMDb , another platform on which normal users can submit their film reviews, because there 2,551 users gave the film an above-average 6.8 out of 10 possible points. (As of September 30, 2011)

“With strong colors and a lot of warm-hearted humor, the film succeeds in conjuring up a family comedy that is as unusual as it is entertaining, which adds another facet to the tradition of Swedish Feeld-good films. And that's just as well..."

- kino-zeit.de

Awards (selection)

publication

After the film had its world premiere on September 6, 2008 at the Toronto International Film Festival , its Swedish theatrical release was on September 13, 2008. In the United States , it was shown at various film festivals over the next two years, before being shown on August 6 It had its theatrical release in 2010 and then grossed almost $ 58,000. On October 7, 2010 the film celebrated its theatrical release in Germany. (As of February 23, 2011)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Patrik 1.5, (Patrik Age 1.5) (2010). rottentomatoes.com, accessed September 3, 2011 .
  2. ↑ Patrik 1,5 on boxofficemojo.com (English) , accessed February 23, 2011