Well, We Were Lucky with the Weather

Well, We Were Lucky with the Weather

Directed by Kjell Sundvall

Produced by SVT

198057 min5.6 / 10

A lighthearted family comedy about a Swedish summer vacation where a well-meaning father's attempts to control the holiday clash with his family's competing desires.

The Backlund family is going on a caravanning holiday. According to the father Gösta it is the best way to see Sweden. The son Johan does not want to do anything but bathing and the daugther Lotta don't even want to come along. You get to see the Backlunds in resturants, beaches and caravan sites. Gösta likes to rule his family but it does not go very well.

Questions people ask

  • Is Well, We Were Lucky with the Weather scary? No. Less frightening than 98% of films.

  • Is Well, We Were Lucky with the Weather easy watching? Yes, very. More comforting than 95% of films.

  • Is Well, We Were Lucky with the Weather violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Is Well, We Were Lucky with the Weather sad? Barely. Less sad than 89% of films.

  • Does Well, We Were Lucky with the Weather end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

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21/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity47

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise15

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love10

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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