Happy Endings Sleepover

This is seriously one of those films that has you scratching your head as to who or why someone actually thought this would be a good idea. ALL of the characters are miscast (no one is believable...least of all the lead role as a CIA agent). In fact no one appears to have any formal acting experience at all. And why is a movie about Danish CIA agents shot in Denmark filmed in English? The way all the Danish characters try and pass as English-speaking Americans is beyond painful. In fact, beyond painful would be the best way to summarize this film.

Everything about this movie is wrong; it requires WAY too much suspension of disbelief to even get started. The "acting" (and that is being generous) is very amateur and comes off as a big joke, since no one would for one second buy that the lead is American (regardless of his backstory on where he was raised). Just bad. And to further insult our intelligence, the majority of the reviews here have only reviewed ONE film...which happens to be this garbage heap and give it a 10 rating, saying things like "this is being the best film movie I have ever saw! A must to watch!" Meaning, these are obviously coming from people involved directly with this mess (or their friends).

I honestly couldn't (and can't) tell if this film is meant to be taken seriously, or is it a parody? I was sure it was as parody until about 3/4 of the way through, when it suddenly became a little too "serious" to be a joke. I had been enjoying it immensely up until this point. A love story wrapped up in a parody seemed like a pretty unique concept. The two main actors are very likeable. (And as an aside in response to one of the other reviewers -- who cares if the actors are actually Norwegian or Danish or American or Martian in real life!....But I do agree that there was a lot that could have been, and should have been, cut.) Something that shouldn't have been cut was the first two-thirds of the song "I Hope that I Don't Fall in Love With You". Something that I found very thought-provoking was the issue that caused the "disagreement" between Johnnie and Sander near the end. It would never have occurred to me, to react to Johnnie's reasons for not wanting to tell his mother about Sander, the way Sander reacted. But I can actually see Sander's point of view. It really made me think. It also made me like this film even more than I did when I was taking it as a big joke. On the whole, it was a strangely appealing movie that I would recommend without reservation.

When ever a movie has running commentary by the protagonist, "Let me explain", means the viewer is in for a bag of hurt. This amateurish film's plot, writing, directing, acting, character development, cinematography, sound design, musical score, etc is painfully incompetent..The story is NOT well thought out and the director doesn't know how to tell a story using film techniques. I don't fault the actors , as I'm sure a competent director and script could have obtained worthy performances. It's essentially a bad student film.

A cute, unassuming film that is the movie equivalent of a 'beach read' book. The actors portray their characters with earnesty, if somewhat lacking in talent.

The premise of the twenty-something 'American' CIA agent is laughably ludicrous, but fortunately little more than a flimsy framing device for what is ultimately a romance.

A decent flick if you're looking for something of a lighter fare that's easy to watch, and easy to forget.