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      The Slingshot

      R Released Jun 3, 1994 1h 41m Drama List
      89% 9 Reviews Tomatometer 67% 100+ Ratings Audience Score Growing up in Stockholm in the 1920s, 10-year-old Roland (Jesper Salén) is regularly bullied and taunted by his peers for having a Jewish mother (Basia Frydman) and a socialist father (Stellan Skarsgard). In spite of the verbal and physical abuse he endures, Roland manages to extract some revenge -- and learn a few life lessons in the bargain -- when he adapts some of the illegal condoms his mother sells in her tobacco store in order to create homemade slingshots. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Jun 27 Buy Now

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      Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle Rated: 3/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review James Berardinelli ReelViews Rated: 3.5/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Michael Szymanski International Press Academy Rated: 2/5 Sep 21, 2005 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Sep 3, 2005 Full Review Fred Topel About.com Starts out great with the kid's innocent interpretation of a condom. Kinda loses that tone though. Rated: 3/5 Jul 14, 2003 Full Review Susan Tavernetti Palo Alto Weekly Rated: 3.5/4 May 20, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member faktiskt en ganska bra film :) Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review pierluigi p The stumbles of a curious swedish/jewish little rascal, treated with a great deal of wit and sincerity. fantastically funny and a bit twisted, never falls into cheap tearjerking. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Growing up in Stockholm in the 1920s, 10-year-old Roland (Jesper Salén) is regularly bullied and taunted by his peers for having a Jewish mother (Basia Frydman) and a socialist father (Stellan Skarsgard). In spite of the verbal and physical abuse he endures, Roland manages to extract some revenge -- and learn a few life lessons in the bargain -- when he adapts some of the illegal condoms his mother sells in her tobacco store in order to create homemade slingshots.
      Director
      Åke Sandgren
      Screenwriter
      Åke Sandgren
      Distributor
      Columbia TriStar Home Video
      Production Co
      Nordisk Film, SVT Drama, Svenska Filminstitutet, Svensk Filmindustri
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      Swedish
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Jun 3, 1994, Wide
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Apr 16, 2012
      Runtime
      1h 41m
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