Fatso (2008)

Director:

Arild Fröhlich

Writers:

Arild Fröhlich, Lars Gudmestad,

Stars:

Nils Jørgen Kaalstad, Josefin Ljungman, Kyrre Hellum

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Nils Jørgen Kaalstad	...	Rino
Josefin Ljungman	...	Malin
Kyrre Hellum	...	Fillip
Jenny Skavlan	...	Synnøve
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Arnt Egil Andreassen	...	Dude #1
Maren Bervell	...	Kiwi-dama
Anders Baasmo Christiansen	...	G-Sport employee
Mats Eldøen	...	Kiwi medarbeider
Cecilie Enersen	...	Fleshlighten
Marie Gisselbæk	...	Nina date
Charlotte Grundt	...	Eksen til Magnus
Ann Eleonora Jørgensen	...	Dansk prostituer
Petter Kaalstad	...	Rinos far - Torleif
Per Kjerstad	...	Magnus
Lisa Loven	...	Martine

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

shy | verbal aggression | beer drinking | sitting on a toilet | father | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Country:

Norway

Language:

Norwegian German

Release Date:

24 October 2008 (Norway)

Also Known As:

Aki csak arra gondol

Filming Locations:

Grunerløkka, Oslo, Norway

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paradox Spillefilm A/S

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The employee in the G-Sport store is Anders Baasmo Christiansen. Christiansen gained about 40 pounds to be in the lead role in the first draft of Fatso. When the production was halted he was left overweight, so he took this role as kind of a revenge to still be in a Fatso movie.

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Soundtracks

"Sweetheart Serenade"
(C) Extreme Music Library AB

User Reviews

There're so many "RINOS" like this one out there…

FATSO is a Norwegian comedy-drama about a solitary man, RINO, which lives alone in a house that belongs to his father. He's fat, addicted to pornography, doesn't care of his own looking and his home really looks like a mess; and yes, he doesn't have a girlfriend and doesn't even know how to talk with girls… To relief from his frustrated sexual life and flow his fantasies this guy does a cartoon where he assumes the leader character: Here RINO is some kind of superhero and he can fight against everyone who subjugates him… but it's just an escape from his frustrating life! One day his father tells him that he will rent one of the apartments' rooms to a Swedish girl; and this event will change his monotonous life, definitely!

I appreciated this comedy-drama. It has some good "dirty humor" and some really crazy scenes, but I expected a different plot's development and also a different disclosure. In fact I think it has an unsatisfying ending. It has a nice message, OK, but I was expecting something different… something less dramatic, I don't know… Well, at least it doesn't have one of those awful Hollywood endings where the guy always end up together with the girl! And that's a good thing! On the other side, I don't think this movie is too clichéd, at all! It doesn't have nothing to do with those boring and (ultra) clichéd American teenage comedies! And that's a good thing, again!

But at the same time it also makes you think that it's not just a comedy, in fact, it tells us a story that is not so uncommon these days, and that's probably the most "dramatic part" of it… There're so many "RINOS" like this one out there…