Teddy Bear (2012) on Netflix
Dennis, a 38-year-old bodybuilder who has never had a girlfriend, lives with his overbearing mother. After Bent, his uncle, marries a Thai woman, Dennis flies to Thailand to find love.
- Netflix4.1/5
- IMDb7.1/104,965 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes94%
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Plot summary
At 38, Dennis is a bodybuilder with no girlfriend, and he shares a home near Copenhagen with his mother Ingrid, who keeps a tight hold on him. A date goes badly, and then word comes that Bent, his uncle, has taken a young Thai wife. Bent thinks Dennis will have better luck abroad and arranges his trip to Thailand. Dennis tells Ingrid he is going to Germany for a bodybuilding competition. Pattaya overwhelms a man who has never traveled, and the women who approach him there unsettle his idea of love. An American named Scott, who had helped Bent find his wife, offers to arrange a blind date for him.
Cast
- Allan Mogensenas Bent
- Paweena Im-Erbas Nok
- John Wintersas Jeff (as Jonathan Winters)
- Preutsaran Detcheewaas Piccolo 2
- Prap Poramabhutias Prap
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Teddy Bear (2012)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Mads Matthiesen's Teddy Bear was his first feature-length film, expanded from his 2007 short Dennis, which also starred Kim Kold. Director Frank Corsaro saw the short and encouraged Matthiesen to turn it into a full-length film.
- Mads Matthiesen cast mostly non-actors to give Teddy Bear a realistic tone, and lead Kim Kold had himself been a non-actor when Matthiesen first cast him in the short film Dennis.
