Balls (Swedish: Farsan, lit.'The dad') is a 2010 Swedish comedy film directed by Josef Fares and starring Jan Fares, Torkel Petersson, Hamadi Khemiri, Nina Zanjani, Juan Rodriguez, Anita Wall, and Jessica Forsberg.

Balls
Directed byJosef Fares
Written byJosef Fares
Torkel Petersson
Produced byAnna Anthony
Starring
CinematographyLinus Eklund
Distributed byAB Svensk Filmindustri
Release date
  • 12 February 2010 (2010-02-12) (Sweden)
Running time
98 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

Cast

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Reception

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In Sweden, the film got mixed reviews. In Aftonbladet the film was given a 3 out of 5 rating and was described as "not the best or funniest of Josef Fares's movies - but it is a warm and loving comical hommage to quirky fathers in general".[1] In Expressen, the review was slightly less favorable (2 out of 5) and Fares was described as playing with safe cards in his somewhat artificial characters.[2] In other big newspapers the reviews were similar: 3 out of 5 in Dagens Nyheter[3] and 2 out of 6 in Svenska Dagbladet.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Fjellborg, Karolina (9 February 2010). "Galna & kloka farsan". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  2. ^ Sigander, Miranda (9 February 2010). "Farsan". Expressen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  3. ^ Croneman, Johan (12 February 2010). "Farsan". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  4. ^ Janson, Malena (11 February 2010). "Farsan gör ingen glad". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 September 2010.
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