{{Short description|2019 Swedish comedy film by Lisa Aschan}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox film | image = File:Call Mom! 2019 film poster.jpg | caption = Promotional poster | native_name = {{Infobox name module|sv|Ring mamma!}} | director = Lisa Aschan | writer = Lisa Aschan | starring = {{plainlist| * Sanna Sundqvist * Nina Gunke * Alexander Karim * {{Interlanguage link|Jonatan Rodriguez|sv}} * Evin Ahmad }} | released = {{Film date|df=y|2019|11|20}} | runtime = 100 minutes | country = Sweden | language = Swedish }} '''Call Mom!''' ({{Langx|sv|Ring mamma!}}) is a 2019 Swedish comedy film written and directed by Lisa Aschan.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hellsten |first=Anna |date=2019-11-22 |title=Som åskådare mår man fysiskt dåligt |url=https://www.svd.se/a/4qQdva/fin-tontraff-som-askadare-mar-man-fysiskt-daligt |access-date=2025-08-25 |work=Svenska Dagbladet |language=sv |issn=1101-2412}}</ref>
== Plot == Nina's 35th birthday leads her to reconsider the current state of her complicated life. She has a thorny relationship with her mother, a friends with benefits arrangement with her married colleague, and a best friend who wants help finding semen for a DIY artificial insemination.
== Cast ==
* Sanna Sundqvist as Niki * Nina Gunke as Sofia: Niki's mother * Alexander Karim as Alex * {{Interlanguage link|Jonatan Rodriguez|sv}} as Rodrigo * Evin Ahmad as Maggie: Niki's best friend * Eric Ericson as Tomas * Cecilia Forss * Björn Gustafsson
== Release == The film premiered on 22 November 2019.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jansson |first=Björn |date=2019-11-20 |title=Ring Mamma - komedi om nära relationer |url=https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/7348195 |access-date=2025-08-24 |work=Sveriges Radio |language=sv}}</ref>
== Reception == Call Mom! received 3/5 stars from {{Interlanguage link|Helena Lindblad|sv}} in ''Dagens Nyehter.''<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Lindblad |first=Helena |date=2019-11-21 |title=Singelsex och närhetsskräck i "Ring mamma!" |url=https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/filmrecensioner/singelsex-och-narhetsskrack-i-ring-mamma/ |access-date=2025-08-24 |work=Dagens Nyheter |language=sv}}</ref> In a mixed-to-positive review for {{Interlanguage link|Kulturnyheterna|sv}}, critic {{Interlanguage link|Fredrik Sahlin|sv}} praised Sanna Sundqvist's comedic leading performance but felt the film occasionally leaned too far into formulaic genre tropes.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Sahlin |first=Fredrik |date=2019-11-22 |title=Filmrecension: Frispråkig komik i Ring mamma! |url=https://www.svt.se/kultur/filmrecension-ring-mamma |access-date=2025-08-24 |work=SVT Nyheter |language=sv}}</ref> Both Lindblad and Sahlin noted similarities to ''Bridget Jones Diary''.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> {{Interlanguage link|Jens Peterson (journalist)|lt=Jens Peterson|sv|Jens Peterson}} cited a scene involving Cecilia Forss and Björn Gustafsson as the film's funniest.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Peterson |first=Jens |date=2019-11-21 |title=Krystad svensk komedi kring mammarollen |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/film/a/wPk7XG/krystad-svensk-komedi-kring-mammarollen |access-date=2025-08-24 |work=Aftonbladet |language=sv}}</ref>
Sundqvist and Evin Ahmad were both nominated for Guldbagge Awards for their performances. Aschan was nominated for the Guldbagge Award for Best Screenplay.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-01-08 |title=Här är alla nominerade till Guldbaggegalan |url=https://www.svt.se/kultur/har-ar-alla-nominerade-till-guldbaggen |access-date=2025-08-24 |work=SVT Nyheter |language=sv}}</ref>
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=tt11173524}} * {{Sfdb title|id=85769}}
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Category:2019 films Category:2019 Swedish films Category:2019 Swedish-language films {{2010s-Sweden-film-stub}} Category:2019 comedy films Category:Films directed by Lisa Aschan