Sønner av Norge (Jens Lien, 2011)

Sons of Norway takes us to 1979 and the arrival of punk in the life of a 14-year-old in a dormitory town of Oslo. The boy's mother dies in an accident and it is left up to his hippie father to try to keep the conflicted adolescent out of trouble. This is in many ways the last thing that the young rebel wants, as dad is just too cool and understanding to be able to revolt against with any conviction. There are a number of amusing vignettes, such as the boy's squirming discomfort when the dad takes him to a nudist camp or joins his band on drums, and while this is no groundbreaking addition to the coming-of-age genre, it's a pleasant enough ride.

6/10