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Bob wrote on 04/06/2011:

One of the best movies I've seen, bar none.
I was so absorbed into this movie that when it was over I wondered when they had switched to English. I watched it again, loved it just as much, and realized they had never switched to English. Bravo!!

Scott wrote on 01/01/2011:

First - get this movie. It is great. The best I have ever bought from this site. Well worth whatever you pay.

The fact that this is a "gay" themed movie is almost irrelevant. (Well, except for the really good looking actors!) The statement about society, families, caring, changing and giving are exceptional. I almost wish I hadn't read the reviews or looked at the DVD cover because it kind of spoiled the first part, but not entirely.

Anway, get this movie and discovery a whole new meaning for "family values". You can't help but be moved (OK, I cried a little bit, but it was a happy cry). And I loved the perfect little neighborhood where it took place...at least it looked perfect..

just a reviewer wrote on 09/13/2010:

.....guy....this Goran....this Gustaf Skarsgard....this standout performer. After all, it is this actor who is the heart and the soul of this story-with-a-twist. Here's a performer whose every thought is readable in his face....whose every emotion makes its way across to us. And you know what's special about this? It's that no one can just "act" these things; these are things you have to "be" within yourself. I think the Skarsgard we see onscreen is the very same man offscreen---and who of us wouldn't want a someone like that?

And if Skarsgard is all of that, then it is Tom Ljungman, as Patrik, who is the zest and the vitality of this movie....the one who gels it all. Wherever Sweden was able to come up with such an accomplished SIXTEEN year old is beyond me. The only thing left to say about this young man is, "Gustaf Skarsgard, you'd better watch out; someone is hard on your heels."

PS--Oh, and I don't think any of us would kick a Torkel Petersson (Sven) out of.....ahem...., either.

Amos Lassen wrote on 09/10/2010:

"Patrik, Age 1.5" ("Patrik Ett Komma Fem")
adopting a child, gay style
Amos Lassen
Moving into a new neighbourhood is never easy, not least when you’re a happily married gay couple facing the sexual prejudice of kids only to eager to hurl abuse at anyone or anything that lies outside of the suburban norm. Yet proud partners Göran and Sven have more pressing concerns on their minds; namely their desire to adopt a child. Having successfully gone through the clearance process and fitted a nursery out along the way, they are delighted when the big day finally arrives, only for it to rain on their parade when the child of their 1.5 year dreams turns out to be a troubled fifteen-year-old teen, courtesy of a typing error. With the adoption agency closed for a long weekend and the police unwilling to help, Göran and Sven seemingly have no option left but to take Patrik into their temporary care. Only will their relationship last the test of time, when faced with a homophobic teenager with attitude?

As far removed from the nightclub beat of urban life as you could get, this heart-warming feature is as pleasing, as it is an emotional rollercoaster ride on the ups and downs of adopting a child, gay style. For here writer and director Ella Lemhagen has crafted a tale, more drama than comedy, from the play by Michael Druker, that shines the spotlight on the value of parental love.

To that end, Torkel Petersson as Sven plays the scenario to an emotional tee, being ill at ease to adopt a child by way of his estranged relationship with his ex wife and Goth styled daughter. Only it is Tom Ljungman as Patrik who takes centre stage here, his homophobe with a violent history character being one that you know is guaranteed to change for the better before the end credits roll, even if his performance is but part of sparkling double act between him and Gustaf Skarsgård as Göran; splendid as a family doctor longing for a family of his own.

Complete with a Tanya Tucker country backed soundtrack, laced with a series of somewhat predictable, if enjoyable twists and located in an idyllic neighbourhood straight out of A Single Man territory and here cue a lot of gardening, this beautifully executed work is one of the best gay themed films to come out of Sweden in a long time.