Patrik, Age 1.5 (2008) NYT Critics' Pick
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Göran-Gustaf Skarsgård, Sven-Torkel Petersson and Thomas Ljungman in “Patrik, Age 1.5.”
Two Men and Not Quite a Baby
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
Published: August 5, 2010
Tanya Tucker belting on the soundtrack of a Swedish romantic comedy is not something you hear every day, but she fits right in with the general eccentricity of “Patrik, Age 1.5.”
Her song “Love Me Like You Used To” warns us that Sven (Torkel Petersson), one half of a gay married couple, is feeling dissatisfied. Impatiently awaiting the arrival of an adopted baby son, he and his partner, Goran (Gustaf Skarsgard), are horrified to receive Patrik (Thomas Ljungman), a 15-year-old homophobe with vaguely criminal tendencies. Not even Ms. Tucker has a song to help with that. More
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Date: 2010-08-07 03:16 am (UTC)