without any explanation. Pappas lilla tjockis (Dad's little fatso) A cooking class in Gothenburg develops into a therapy session for lost souls. Johan is unable to get really close to anyone, including his wife, and keeps telling lies about his progress to the group. Ernst is dysfunctional and unable to get a job, and shifts between feeling very charismatic and like a total misfit. Jenny feels bad about not being able to keep herself from using irony and sarcasm to hurt people who don't understand when she's serious and when she's not. Olle is troubled by the breakup of his marriage. Cast Landins Robert Gustafsson as Christer Landin Maria Kulle as Anna Landin Karl Linnertorp as Morgan Landin Jonas Inde as Ray Johan Rheborg as Kjell Levrén En dålig idé Henrik Schyffert as Richard Brunn Anna Björk as Tove Brunn Iwar Wiklander as Jan-Erik, "Kim" Karin Ekström as Smulan, "Kelly" Finn Nielsen as Perikles Fyr Thorwald as Raimo Keskinen Min sista vilja Jonas Inde as Tony Anders Johannisson as Kenneth Oskar Thunberg as Mikael Elisabet Carlsson as Johanna Conny Linnteg as Sören H. Lindberg Pappas lilla tjockis Robert Gustafsson as Johan Johan Rheborg as Ernst Ulf Brunnberg as Olle Sofia Helin as Jenny Anna Ulrica Ericsson as Helen Production The film was produced by Sveriges Television in co-production with Nordisk Film in Denmark. It received funding from the Swedish Film Institute and Nordisk Film- & TV-Fond. Principal photography took place at Sveriges Television's studios. Release The film premiered on 25 January 2004 at the Gothenburg Film Festival. The regular Swedish premiere followed on 30 January. Theatrical screenings in Sweden included a 15-minute break in the middle. Also in January 2004, the film was screened in competition at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. The TV version premiered on 31 January 2005 with "Landins" which was followed by the other episodes with weekly intervals. Reception In Svenska Dagbladet, a film critic wrote: "Killinggänget defy expectations and make a serious film and simultaneously not. When their humour works best, like in the masterpiece Screwed in Tallinn, it is both satirical and heartbreaking at the same time. But the new film - or films - is several shades blacker." The critic strongly complimented the acting, directing and overall production values, but criticised the film for having poor interaction of its different parts: "Everything is there. Killinggänget could without problems have made four feature films