Elling (2001)
"They're packed and ready for the greatest adventure of their lives. All they have to do is get out of the house."
Critics Score
🎬 78%
(RT: 85%, MC: 70) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Per Christian Ellefsen as Elling
Sven Nordin as Kjell Bjarne
Marit Pia Jacobsen as Reidun Nordsletten
Jørgen Langhelle as Frank Åsli
Per Christensen as Alfons Jørgensen
Hilde Olausson as Gunn
Ola Otnes as Hauger
Eli Anne Linnestad as Johanne
Is Elling good?
Most people think so. 81% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 78%.
Overview
40-year-old Elling, sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution when his mother, who has sheltered him his entire life, dies. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and female-obsessed virgin, also in his 40s. Wikipedia ↗
