Two lone brightspots


The film is yet another display of Schweighöfer's impressive lack of talent as both actor and director. The plot is laughable, the characters are complete clichés, at this point, Schweighöfer seems unable to tell a story about persons that have any resemblance with real life characters. The artificial settings (the interiors of the appartments...) and the pitiful use of music add to a shallow, videoclip-like atmosphere. How decent German actresses such as Nadja Uhl or Alina Levshin could have been attracted to play their sad parts in this piece of crap is hard to understand. Schweighöfer seems to feel obliged to satisfy his supposed fanbase by showing his his bare chest and buttocks at least four times. The more than obvious product placement (Bahlsen, Vodafone, Daimler, RedBull etc. pp.) is pretty offensive.
There are two lone brightspots. The first is Anna Bederke who plays Schweighöfer/Vogt's sister. Again, the scripted character (lesbian photographer, she and her lover spend a night with Milan Peschel) is completely ridiculous, but she succeeds to make something out off the poor material. Something like a revelation is Catherine de Léan, unknown to me before, who plays Schweighöfer's love interest. She oozes charme and sensibility which - off course - makes her a complete mismatch for Schweighöfer. Hopefully, German movie industry will cast her again, and in better movies.

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