Like always, Akin creates lovely characters. For a German it is fun to see Bleibtrue as a "typical German immigrant-part-time-criminal-hustler" talking the talk you'll recognize when u walk through Hamburg St. Pauli. Its just that the characters and the movie share the same problem: No deepness at all. Everything remains facile and this is why i never found a way into the movie. The story takes quiet stupid turns (contract lost, swallowing the button, dancing school fills the restaurant) that make the movie more seem like a fairytale (which would be okay if i had the feeling that is what Akin wanted). The humor in the movie is flat and predictable, some scenes id even call cheapest slapstick only kids up to 10 years could laugh at (funeral scene). The cook had a lot of potential, but is way too overdrawn...AND I STILL WONDER WHY THE HELL THERE WAS THIS ORGYSCENE ? ? ? It nearly got me leaving the cinema. What i liked was the soundtrack, the beautiful images of Hamburg and the little unimportant dialogues between certain characters. These were the only moments this movie seemed as "real" to me as Akin movies usually do.
I apologise for my English...
I apologise for my English...