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The literal translation for this film's title "Superstau" is a gigantic traffic jam. And this is exactly what this movie is about. Summer holiday season starts and everybody is on their way south in their cars. The inevitable consequence is that everybody ens up in a gigantic traffic jam and we watch some of the families affected and find out how they spend their time while waiting for their journey to continue. Director Manfred Stelzer, who also worked on the script with several others, is in his 70s now and this is probably still his most known work. But I hope it is not his best. This was not a failure by any means and there were some funny scenes, like when Fischer's character realizes he is the one that drove the wrong road and not the other guy. But it was not enough. At some point, the film basically just turned into (self-declared) alpha-males being angry that they can't continue with their drive, shouting around all the time, being greedy for beer (and sex). I would not necessarily say that you need to be German to understand the majority of jokes, but I guess you need to be somewhat similar to the characters in here or at least be a passionate car driver who perhaps has been in a similar traffic jam himself at some point. I am none of the above and that may be one reason why I did not really enjoy this film. Obviously the time after the Fall of the Berlin Wall was a time when car-themed movies were popular. Other works from back then are about Trabant cars or Mantas. This has long been over for now though and I am kinda glad about it as these films did not really do a lot for me. I do not recommend "Superstau" Occasionally funny, but as a whole underwhelming. Thumbs down.