Viktor Frandsen is an entitled dick towards his long-suffering wife Ida and their three children. But then, his old nanny Mads decides to teach him a lesson about what it's like to be a harried housewife.
This film has the examples of:
- Banister Slide: Frederik is briefly shown doing this.
- A Boy, a Girl, and a Baby Family: The Frandsen children consist of a girl (Karen), a boy (Frederik), and a baby (No Name Given).
- A Day in Her Apron: The whole premise, as detailed above.
- The Diaper Change: At one point, Viktor has to change the baby's diaper.
- Extreme Doormat: Ida spends the early part of the film quietly enduring Vitkor's bullshit. She has to be persuaded to see how badly she is being treated.
- Freudian Excuse: The reason for Vitkor's behavior is that he's embittered about losing his business.
- Housewife: Ida is one, of course. And Viktor learns what it's like to be one.
- Mistaken for Cheating: Viktor suspects Ida of cheating on him with a man named Eriksen. Turns out Eriksen is an old man in a wheelchair whom Ida was helping out.
- Obnoxious In-Laws: Inverted. Viktor doesn't get along with Ida's mother, but in this case, the mother-in-law is portrayed as being in the right.
- Second-Face Smoke: When Mads reminisces about spanking Viktor as a child, he responds by blowing smoke in her face.
- Time Out: Viktor decides Frederik is playing too much and forces him to stand in a corner as punishment. Mads eventually gets her wish to inflict the same punishment on Viktor.
- Title Drop: Well, of the original Danish title anyway:And yet again the heart of the pendulum struck and proclaimed the commandment: THOU SHALT HONOR THY WIFE!
