Max Pinlig (Danish for Max Embarrassing)[3] is a 2008 Danish film directed by Lotte Svendsen [da; fa] from a screenplay by Tommy Bredsted, Mette Horn and Lotte Svendsen, based on the Danish children's tv series Max that aired on DR1 from 2007 to 2008.
[6] Max has a crush on school classmate Ofelia, but he is too shy to tell her.
Meanwhile, he becomes more popular with the cool kids at his school but has to stop hanging out with his old friends Esther and Hassan; the situation gets worse when Max's embarrassing mother intervenes.
[4] The film was released in Danish theatres on 5 December 2008 and sold a total of 163,473 tickets.
[6] At the 62nd Bodil Awards, Mette Agnete Horn was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role, but lost to Lene Maria Christensen in Terribly Happy.