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Max Embarrassing (2008)
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Original name: Max Pinlig
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Max is hitting puberty, and foxy Ofelia from class has touched his heart. He now plans to spend Christmas break with her or, at the very least, New Year's Eve. Watching her little boy grow up, his mother Agnete doesn't know what leg to stand on. Trying to give Max the best Christmas possible, she makes a mess of things, as usual. With his friends, Hassan and Ester, Max eventually tamps down the chaos and throws a super New Year's Eve bash. Everyone is there, and Ester seizes the moment to hook up with Max ahead of Ofelia.
Style:
humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, parody, realistic, not serious
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, teenage love, family relations, parents and children, new year, youth, teenage life, high school life, working class, parent child relationship, high school, high school friend, friends, love and romance, eccentric family, mother, son, mother son relationship, school life, family
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
denmark
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