Patrik 1,5 2008

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: Deftly combining low-key romance and gentle humor, the director, Ella Lemhagen (working from Michael Druker's 2008 play), stares down prejudice with a nudge and a wink rather than a soapbox. Read more

Andrew Schenker, Time Out: The stuff of time-tested trite melodrama... Read more

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: In its murky light, the film is filled with details that seem utterly true... Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: The Kids Are All Right cuts the same corners as this movie, it just uses a better knife. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: It's predictable. Read more

Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: This homey construct is warm, exactingly crafted and painted with pop-country tones. Read more

Dennis Harvey, Variety: Delivers a formulaic-sounding conceit with enough unpredictability and downplayed sentiment to earn the heartwarming emotions that might too easily have arrived on cue. Read more

Chuck Wilson, Village Voice: There aren't many surprises to what follows, but one is never bored, thanks to the innate charms of Skarsgard and young Ljungman, both of whom have such sweetly hopeful smiles that it's hard not to wish them eternal happiness. Read more

Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: A film that always chooses optimism and wishful thinking over realism. Read more