Summary
The Snooks (singular!) derives his name from the Danish expression "leaving the Snooks behind" much used by 7-year-old Eigil's parents to indicate somebody's going nuts.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Kids
- Comfort watch
Skip it if
- You want dark or edgy material
Where to watch
Not streaming in United States. Where it is:
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 60GoodWatch 59
Letterboxd · 315 ratings3.3/5
IMDb5.4
Running time
1 h 29 min
A typical length for family movies, −6 min on the typical 95
typical 9589Half of all family movies run 88–106 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries
Released
1992
October 2, 1992
34 years ago
Genre
FamilyLanguage
Danish
Original language
Also spoken
GermanMade in
- Denmark
14 of 14
Søs EgelindFru Blomme
Jannie FaurschouMor
Amalie Ihle AlstrupPernille
Jess IngerslevKatten
Flemming JensenFrede
Jesper KleinOnkel Otto
Henrik KoefoedRotten- NMNadi MecovskiTamjeed
Niels OlsenEdvin
Kurt RavnLektor Blomme
Ina-Miriam RosenbaumVoice of Snøvsen- SSSara Scharling VestergaardMarianne
- BSBjarke Smitt VestermarkEigil
Søren Sætter-LassenFar
Directing · 1
- Jørgen Vestergaard Director
Writing · 2
- Benny Andersen Writer
- Jørgen Vestergaard Writer
Production · 1
- Lars Kolvig Producer
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The Snooks series
Film 1 of 2 · then The Snooks in the Limelight
- The Snooks (1992)
GoodWatch score 59You're here
- The Snooks in the Limelight (1994)
GoodWatch score 57Film 2
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