Sven and Goran are a happily married gay couple in their mid-30’s. They have great jobs, and a new house in a small country town (which bares more than a passing resemblance to Legoland). They want for nothing. Except a child. So they get approved by the authorities, but it turns out that even though gay adoption is legal in their native Denmark there is still a resistance to actually find kids for same-sex couples and so it soon looks likely that the nursery they have lovingly made may never get to be occupied. However one day they get a letter announcing that after all there is one slightly troubled child available, Patrik 1.5 years old, who will arrive at their home the next week.Turns out there is a typing error in this communiqué and so they are totally unprepared for the tough teenager who, at 15 years old, already has a history of violence and crime, who turns up on their doorstep announcing that he is Patrik. He too is horrified at the mistake when he discovers that Sven and Goran are gay as he is convinced that they will molest him. As its Friday night they will all have no option than to get through the weekend together until the Adoption Office opens again in Monday Morning.
Without giving too much of the plot away, Patrik reluctantly ends up moving in albeit temporarily which in turn has Sven moving out of the marital home …. but panic not, as in this delightful endearing comedy, all’s well end’s well.
By placing the emphasis on the human relationships rather than sexual orientation this wonderful feel-good movie makes light of what are often heavy issues. And it has one great message when it suggests that sometimes the things we least desire are exactly what we need. Hmmm.
