The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

Original title: Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann

2013
R
1h 54m

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

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Robert Gustafsson in The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (2013)

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After living a long and colorful life, Allan Karlsson finds himself stuck in a nursing home. On his 100th birthday, he leaps out a window and begins an unexpected journey.After living a long and colorful life, Allan Karlsson finds himself stuck in a nursing home. On his 100th birthday, he leaps out a window and begins an unexpected journey.After living a long and colorful life, Allan Karlsson finds himself stuck in a nursing home. On his 100th birthday, he leaps out a window and begins an unexpected journey.

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

43K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 6 wins & 11 nominations total

Trivia
The lead actor Robert Gustafsson estimated that he had spent a full three weeks non-stop in makeup after principal photography had wrapped. Some days, makeup had to start applying prosthetics at 2 a.m.

Goofs
Elephants cannot sit down as depicted in the movie. The trick was done using a fake elephant's bottom.

Quotes
Allan Karlsson: If you want to kill me, you'd better hurry, because I'm 100 years old.

Connections
Featured in The Oscars (2016)

Soundtracks
Don Salvatore
Composed and Performed by Mattias Eklund

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Featured review

7/10

What a delight

A centenarian in an elderly home decides to walk out moments they were about to host party for his 100th birthday.

On the surface, how eventful an event could this be? Well you would be surprised. He goes to the bus station and with the little money he had buys a one way ticket out of town. A stranger asks him to look out for his luggage and though he agreed he decided to steal it and little did he know that it was filled with money which made him a wanted man.

From then on, we follow this centenarian who tries to avoid the elderly home who sent for him, the gang who owned the stolen money as well as the police. His action plan: none! He took it a step at a time and the audience were treated to en ever ending hilarious situations all the way to the end.

Clever plot, well made in a way that actually made it somewhat believable (unlike the Hollywood tendency to go way over the top) this was an unexpected treat.