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Happy Christmas!

Original title: Tomten är far till alla barnen
  • 1999
  • Tous publics
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
9.4K
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Katarina Ewerlöf and Peter Haber in Happy Christmas! (1999)
Holiday ComedyComedyHoliday

Sara plans a Christmas party with ex-husbands, current husband Janne, and their families. Booze flows, guests fight and mention sex with Sara. She shockingly announces pregnancy despite Jann... Read allSara plans a Christmas party with ex-husbands, current husband Janne, and their families. Booze flows, guests fight and mention sex with Sara. She shockingly announces pregnancy despite Janne's vasectomy. The party descends into chaos.Sara plans a Christmas party with ex-husbands, current husband Janne, and their families. Booze flows, guests fight and mention sex with Sara. She shockingly announces pregnancy despite Janne's vasectomy. The party descends into chaos.

  • Director
    • Kjell Sundvall
  • Writers
    • Eva Callenbo
    • Harald Hamrell
    • Monika Rolfner
  • Stars
    • Katarina Ewerlöf
    • Peter Haber
    • Jessica Zandén
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    9.4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Kjell Sundvall
    • Writers
      • Eva Callenbo
      • Harald Hamrell
      • Monika Rolfner
    • Stars
      • Katarina Ewerlöf
      • Peter Haber
      • Jessica Zandén
    • 6User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 3 nominations total

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    Katarina Ewerlöf
    Katarina Ewerlöf
    • Sara
    Peter Haber
    Peter Haber
    • Janne
    Jessica Zandén
    • Rita
    Leif Andrée
    Leif Andrée
    • Åke
    Nina Gunke
    Nina Gunke
    • Eva
    Dan Ekborg
    Dan Ekborg
    • Gunnar
    Lena B. Eriksson
    • Anne
    Anders Ekborg
    Anders Ekborg
    • Tomas
    Inga Ålenius
    • Signe
    Carl Kjellgren
    • Erik
    Helena Af Sandeberg
    Helena Af Sandeberg
    • Marika
    Alexandra Dahlström
    Alexandra Dahlström
    • Jeanette
    Stina Rautelin
    Stina Rautelin
    • Helena
    Suzanne Reuter
    Suzanne Reuter
    • Carina
    Per Burell
    • Mats
    Kajsa Ernst
    • Pauline
    Lamine Dieng
    • Busschaufför
    Ester Sjögren
    • Elin
    • Director
      • Kjell Sundvall
    • Writers
      • Eva Callenbo
      • Harald Hamrell
      • Monika Rolfner
    • All cast & crew
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    User reviews6

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    Gordon-11

    Funny

    This is a comedy about a woman inviting all her 4 ex-husbands and their new wives to her Christmas Party. During the party she announced that she was pregnant, but her current husband was sterilised! The husband therefore had to search for the man who impregated his wife.

    This film was very funny. The entire hall of viewers kept on laughing, because the film had so many unexpected twists. The good thing about this comedy was that it is very different from the American comedies, which constantly featured people slipped and fell to the ground. The Americans think that falling to the ground is funny, but the Europeans do not think so. Instead the funny scenes here were more sophisticated, more subtled and not vulgar.

    Another great aspect of this film was that the actors were very good. The main actress was particularly good because she could show such a variety of emotions according to the mood of the scene. Her acting was not exaggerated, but a normal every day display of emotions. This made her just like an ordinary woman, who could be someone you know. This brought her closer to the viewers.

    The main location of the film was in her house. It was a normal house, not lavish, not big. It had a very warm feel, making the film very warm. The viewers could easily relate to this family as a normal family.

    Another good point about this film as that the theme of Christmas was not forgotten. Throughout the whole film the Christmas party was going on all the time, with food, drinks and children singing. The festive atmosphere added to the warm feel of the film.

    I definitely recommend people to watch this film. It is so funny and entertaining!
    9ejh-60622

    Great setting

    A Swedish Christmas classic. On par with Home Alone. A bit complex with all the characters relationships but it doesn't matter. It just shows it's a well thought out story.

    The intrigues and humor is perfectly delivered by some of the most well known actors and actresses in the country. The cinematography is great. The surroundings and backgrounds are visually what makes this movie amazing. They created the ultimate Christmas setting.
    8Nikita Averin

    Best Swedish film 1999!

    Celebrating Christmas today isn´t really how it used to be (or how it supposed to be). Divorces are more usual, which make a completely different view on the family.

    Sara (Katarina Ewerlöf) invites her ex husbands and their wives and children to celebrate Christmas at her house with her husband Janne (Peter Haber). While eating dinner, she tells everyone, that she´s pregnant again, but Janne has been sterilized without her knowledge. Who is the father of the baby?

    Director Kjell Sundvall made a great effort with his 1996 hit Jägarna, and I knew that there were some good actors in the film, but I can´t really say that my expectations were great, since many Swedish films aren´t good. Fortunately, I was totally wrong!

    The script by Monika Rolfner is witty and really catches the family situation of today. This along with really good actors (enjoyable to see Alexandra Dahlström again, who hasn´t done a bad movie so far) with a wonderful timing with the funny comments makes this film to be a real treat to watch. Only the cinematography wasn´t that good, but I strongly recommend this comedy if you´re looking for a big laugh! Rating: 7/10
    8OJT

    Modern society masked as Christmas catastrophe

    It's a well known fact that Christmas party's can be a family catastrophe, but this film takes the whole thing over the top. This story tops similar movies like "National Lampoons Christmas Hilda's" and Mowegian "Cabin fever" (Når nettene blir lange) which all describe Christmas as we fear, or some similarities with the Danish "The Celebration" (Festen).

    It's a very bad idea when naive and queen mummy Sara invites all her children's father's exes with spouses/better halves, and should gave listen to her new man Janne's suggestion to postpone the whole idea. They all turn up, and it's bound for disaster when it's mixed with alcohol.

    There's a bitter undertone to this comedy, which is a criticism of the free and open modern society, where family relations are mixed with too modern thinking. Well, it's over the top, and here the kids are the most reasonable.

    This film is best seen upon as an over-the-top crazy comedy, still with some serious undertones. And a great moral underneath as well. Very entertaining, and much better than expected.

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    • Trivia
      Gunnar and Thomas, who play brothers in the film, are real-life brothers.
    • Quotes

      Janne: Die, Santa bastard, die!

    • Connections
      Alternate-language version of Täydellinen joulu (2019)

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    • Release date
      • December 20, 2000 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • Sweden
    • Languages
      • Swedish
      • English
    • Also known as
      • In Bed with Santa
    • Filming locations
      • Knut Wallenbergs väg 34 A, Saltsjöbaden, Sweden(Villa exterior)
    • Production companies
      • BV-film AS
      • Filmlance International
      • Frithiof Film to Video
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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