''Balls'' () is a 2010 Swedish

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by Josef Fares and starring Jan Fares, Torkel Petersson, Hamadi Khemiri,

Nina Zanjani Nina Nasr Zanjani (born 1981) is a Swedish actress. She played one of the two lead roles in Helena Bergström's directorial debut '' Mind the Gap'' as the daughter Yasmin. Early life Zanjani was born in 1981 in Tehran. When she was six or sev ...

, Juan Rodriguez, Anita Wall, and Jessica Forsberg.

Cast

* Jan Fares as Aziz (farsan) * Torkel Petersson as Jörgen * Hamadi Khemiri as Sami *

as Amanda * Juan Rodriguez as Juan * Anita Wall as Edith * Jessica Forsberg as Lotta

Reception

In Sweden, the film got mixed reviews. In ''

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'' the film was given a 3 out of 5 rating and was described as "not the best or funniest of Josef Fares's movies - but it is a warm and loving comical hommage to quirky fathers in general". In ''

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'', the review was slightly less favorable (2 out of 5) and Fares was described as playing with safe cards in his somewhat artificial characters. In other big newspapers the reviews were similar: 3 out of 5 in ''

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'' and 2 out of 6 in ''

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''.

References

External links

* * 2010 films 2010s Swedish-language films Swedish comedy films 2010 comedy films Films directed by Josef Fares 2010s Swedish films {{2010s-comedy-film-stub