Comedy > German Comedy

The Edukators-excellent depiction of modern rebellion

Advantages: Well thought out, interesting ideas
Disadvantages: Occasionally a little predictable

...Hans Weingartner and nominated for the 2004 Golden Palm award at Cannes film festival, The Edukators is a German-Austrian film set in contemporary Berlin. Focusing on the lives of 3 young activists, Jule (Julia Jentsch), her boyfriend Peter (Stipe Erceg) and his morally righteous best-friend Jan (Daniel Bruehl, of Good Bye Lenin fame), the story unfolds in two directions. The film opens with a obviously wealthy family returning to their house to ...
...fetten Jahre sind vorbei (literally; the fat years are over meaning the days of plenty are numbered and the title of the original German release), signed the Edukators. Through the films development it is realised that Jan and Peter are responsible for this as they undertake nighttime missions to 'educate' the rich. They break into houses but never steal leaving notes for the owners to let them know they have too much money. The film turns when peter ...

flyingllamas 02.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Edukators (aka Die Fetten Jahre Sind Vorbei) (Subtitled) (DVD)

Getting to Know Martha

Advantages: Martina Gedeck, Maxime Foerste, Sergio Castellitto, Nettelbeck’s script and direction.
Disadvantages: Ending just a tiny tad too facile.

At one point in ‘Mostly Martha’, the title character finds herself at her wits’ end and says to her niece, Lina, ‘I wish I had a recipe for you that I could follow.’ Unfortunately, learning how to deal with the complex psyche of Homo sapiens defies easy formulas. However, whatever recipe German director Sandra Nettelbeck used to create this lovely and bittersweet character piece, I can only wish that more filmmakers would follow her lead. The eponymous ...
...fancy restaurant in Hamburg. A reserved woman with a strict creative aesthetic and work ethic, she takes great pride in her efficiently-run kitchen. As she tells her gourmet cuisine-fed therapist, precision and timing are of paramount importance in her field of work. Martha seems to live solely for her elegant culinary creations, devoting her days off to experimenting with new dishes. She has a neat, meticulously arranged and well-appointed kitchen ...

zerbine28 27.07.2003 · Read full review
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Review of Mostly Martha (Subtitled) (DVD)

(What) if God were one of us - It'd be quite amusing!

Advantages: The cast, its pretty funny, lives up to repeated viewings (for me anyway)
Disadvantages: If you don't like Jim Carrey in his comedy roles, your not going to enjoy this

...- Story - Bruce Nolan is a local TV reporter who wants to be a serious newsreader but ends up being asked to report on the most silly local news stories instead, which lead to him being made fun of. He resents this and although he has a job and has the love of a pretty girlfriend, Grace, he still feels hard done by and after a particularly frustrating days work, he shouts out to God in a fit of rage which leads to God getting in contact with him ...
...God himself. What will Bruce do with these powers and what does this teach him? how will Grace react to the newly empowered Bruce? you'll have to watch the movie to find out. - Thoughts & Opinions - Who hasn't seen this movie? to be honest, this is one of those movies that I feel like most everyone must have seen, at least in part, at some point in the last few years but incase you haven't, well, here's my review anyway, since I caught most of the ...

IzzyS 28.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Bruce Almighty (DVD)

Married with Children

Advantages: Superb indie film
Disadvantages: Little known

...Web and the absurdity of modern art also leek into the narrative point making, quipping that with the wonder of the internet and all its possibilities to bring us together, all we talk about is sex. Please don’t get me going on installation art! Summary: Americas middle belly. ...

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Review of Me And You And Everyone We Know (DVD)

Ohh Betty !!

Advantages: Wonderful Frank will make you smile
Disadvantages: Nothing

Some mothers do ave em – Series 3 Well, what can you say about Frank Spencer? A gentile man with a heart of gold but the competence of a 3 year old. Frank can’t get a job. His Mac and Beret are not helping. When he gets a job, which is extremely rarely, it never lasts more than a day. The people at the job centre run for cover or start popping pills or hiding in cupboards. His DIY always turns out to be either ...
...“ Ooh Betty” for some never defined reason sticks with him through it all. With the innocence of a child he meanders through life never quite figuring it all out, a bit like the rest of us really. Frank, Betty, their cat who always seemed to be doing a ‘Whoopsie’ and later their daughter Jessica lived in the most botched DIY house ever to grace the small screen. When Jessica is born near the end of the second series Frank becomes a little more ...

Maximus-Qualitus 27.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em - The Complete Third Series (DVD)