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Patrik, Age 1.5 has finally seen its theatrical debut in the US. The film, which opened last Friday at select Landmark Theatres and continues through next week, was recently reviewed in
Film Journal International:
With Patrik 1.5, director Emma Lemhagen plucks a wonderful idea from Michael Druker’s play and delivers a largely watchable and entertaining film with the big dividend of an emotional—albeit somewhat predictable—payoff that should satisfy beyond the gay faction of art-house fans...
Patrik 1.5 is especially noteworthy for its effective mix of humor and realistic social issues. Ljungman, able to show the soft side of such an angry young man, is an iconic revelation. Production design and cinematography team to deliver an upbeat if slightly fanciful incarnation of a charmed, neatly circumscribed suburbia of discreet proportions awash in Life Savers colors. And some American pop and country-western standards on the soundtrack (e.g., “Ventura Highway”) keep things lively and hopeful.
Click here to read the complete review.
Patrik 1.5 was also reviewed in the
San Francisco Chronicle and the
Bay Area Reporter.
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