Max Embarrassment (2008)

Name: Max Embarrassment
Genre: Comedy, Family
Released: 2008-12-05
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Samuel Heller-Seiffert, Othilia Leth, Mette Horn, Lars Bom, Louise Mieritz

Max Embarrassment (2008), directed by Lotte Svendsen, starring Samuel Heller-Seiffert and Othilia Leth.

12/05/2008 BR Comedy and Family 1h 38m

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Max is hitting puberty, and classmate Ofelia has touched his heart. He now plans to spend Christmas break with her or, at the very least, New Year's Eve. Watching her little boy grow up, his mother Agnete doesn't know what leg to stand on.

Lars SkreeCinematography
Lotte SvendsenDirector, Writer
Camilla EblingEditing
Per HolstProducer

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About the film

Max Pinlig (Danish for Max Embarrassing) is a 2008 Danish film directed by Lotte Svendsen from a screenplay by Tommy Bredsted, Mette Horn and Lotte Svendsen, based on the Danish children's tv series Max that aired on DR1 from 2007 to 2008. It won the Robert Award for Best Children's Film at the 26th Robert Awards.

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Premise

Max has a crush on school classmate Ofelia, but he is too shy to tell her. Meanwhile, he becomes more popular with the cool kids at his school but has to stop hanging out with his old friends Esther and Hassan; the situation gets worse when Max's embarrassing mother intervenes.

Cast

Samuel Heller-Seiffert as Max

Mette Agnete Horn as Max's mother

Lars Bom as Steen Cold

Louise Mieritz as Ulla

Rasmus Bjerg as Carlo

Anna Agafia Svideniouk Egholm as Esther

Faysal Mobahritz as Hassan

Ophelia Eriksen as Ofelia

Signe Wenneberg as Signe Cold

Anders Hove as Mogens

Rasmus Berg Jensen as Nicklas

Michelle Bjørn-Andersen as Marianne

William Horn as William

Sarah Muldgaard Enoch as Alma

Lisa Littauer as Bibi

Caroline Henderson as Ofelias tante

Release

The film was released in Danish theatres on 5 December 2008 and sold a total of 163,473 tickets.

Accolades

Max Pinlig won the Robert Award for Best Children's Film at the 26th Robert Awards. At the 62nd Bodil Awards, Mette Agnete Horn was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role, but lost to Lene Maria Christensen in Terribly Happy.

Sequels

Subsequently, the film received two sequels; Max Pinlig 2: sidste skrig in 2011 and Max Pinlig 3 på Roskilde in 2012.

References

External links

Max Pinlig at IMDb

Max Pinlig at the Danish Film Database (in Danish)

Text from Max Pinlig on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Pinlig

Trivia

It grossed US$ 1.7 million worldwide.
It premiered on December 5, 2008, a Friday.
It runs 1h38 — a typical feature length.
Its original title is "Max Pinlig".
It is film 1 of 3 in the Max Pinlig franchise.
This film's quiz has 13 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosAsta Film ApS, Max Film ApS, Filmcompagniet, Radiator Film ApS
CountriesDenmark
LanguagesDanish
Box officeUS$ 1,694,896
StatusReleased

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Crew

Lars Skree Cinematography
Lotte Svendsen Director
Camilla Ebling Editing
Per Holst Producer
Jens Brygmann Original music
Lotte Svendsen Writer
Mette Horn Writer
Tommy Bredsted Writer

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What is Max Embarrassment about?

Max Embarrassment: Max is hitting puberty, and classmate Ofelia has touched his heart. He now plans to spend Christmas break with her or, at the very least, New Year's Eve. Watching her little boy grow up, his mother Agnete doesn't know what leg to stand on.

Who directed Max Embarrassment?

Max Embarrassment was directed by Lotte Svendsen in 2008.

Who stars in Max Embarrassment?

The cast of Max Embarrassment includes Samuel Heller-Seiffert, Othilia Leth, Mette Horn, Lars Bom and Louise Mieritz.

How long is Max Embarrassment?

Max Embarrassment runs for 98 minutes, or 1h38.

What is the correct order of the Max Pinlig Collection films?

The Max Pinlig Collection franchise has 3 films in the catalogue. In release order: Max Pinlig; Max Pinlig 2 - sidste skrig; Max Pinlig 3 - på Roskilde.