[3][4] The movie stars Mia Helene Solberg Brekke, who portrays Anja, a teen with cancer.

However, things take a tragic turn when Anja discovers that she has leukemia, which requires treatment and hospitalization that will keep her from entering a school soccer tournament.

[5] Critical reception for Kule kidz gråter ikke has been mostly positive and much of the praise centered upon Launing's directing and how the film approached the subject of cancer as it applies to children.

[7][8] The paper later went on to remark that the movie had been very popular in Norway and by early April, had sold over 100,000 tickets, which they credited to the film's delivery of the subject matter.

[9] Bergens Tidende commented that one of the film's strong points was that it told the story from the perspective of children as opposed to adults and that it tried to approach the film's subject in a realistic manner, which meant that things would not end with everything solved neatly.