Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

Steineded How sad is this?

Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Married Baby Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

Horst in Translation ([email protected]) This German, 110-minute film from 10 years ago is a clash of two extremes. First of all, there is the extreme mediocrity that Til Schweiger brings to all his movies. The directing is nothing special, the writing is pretty much the same as always for him and he plays the lead character who is basically exactly the same guy he played in "Keinohrhasen" and a couple other movies. The second extreme would be Johanna Wokalek. She is truly outstanding in this film and elevates the material by so so much. I had to think of a German version of Nell on several occasions. She is a woman in the psychiatric ward of a hospital, who has severe personality struggles and is pretty much unable to make the most simple social conversations that come so easily to most of us. She nails pretty much every scene she is in and brings a unique vulnerability to her character.Schweiger's character is a playboy and he gets a job at the ward where Wokalek's character is in. After some confusion, the two end up together and yet there is always the danger that it could look like he abducted her. The scene with the two at the wedding was maybe the best of the film. Even the writing there was pretty decent. And I have to hold another thing in Schweiger's favor. He cast several actors here who are known for having very little range and yet he got solid performances out of Axel Stein, Alexandra Neldel or Janine Kunze and a couple more. Admittedly, their characters also did not have that much screen time and most of them were even written worse than portrayed. The film is occasionally over the top in terms of trying to make a dramatic impact (the inclusion of "Hallelujah") or also in terms of comedy (a couple pretty bad wordplays, for example one scene where it's confusing who Schweiger's character is in love with). However, my final judgment here is a recommendation because Wokalek is simply so good that you could give it a try. Without her, my rating would probably be two stars lower. It's quite a pity that she appears so rarely in films these days as she is certainly among Germany's most talented actresses. So yeah, give "Barefoot" a go if you get your hand on a copy.

aljosa35487 The euro movies are usually bad i was surprised this one was so grate i like the story the music its just incredible and everyone should see it!!!! its a lovely movie :)The idea of a girl who is mentally sick and falls in love with a guy is grate i like it it was very original and shot well.The comedy is very unique and fits right in the movie really showing that mentally ill girl in a very nice sunny kind of way that really goes right in your heart I'm gonna recommend the movie to others as well its a German Jewel and its something everyone should watch!!!!!!! The acting was grate i really felt that love between them and that maked me happy and the ending is nice :)

sand_in_the_sea This is the best German film I have ever seen. The film is very easy to watch. It's not a torture like some others. The woman in the leading role is lovely and has such a charming smile. I would recommend this film to all who seek love for those who have already found it and for those who see no meaning in it. Because this film shows that even if you are love's biggest enemy Love will still find you and strike you and then you will be powerless to fight Her. It is an unusual love story which looks more like an adventure. This film will teach you how to buy a ticket in the bus, how to 'get cash' and how to do shopping. Even if you know already see the film and find out why do people say Faith know its job!

Ketocucaracho Til's movie is definitely sweet, entertaining and down-right funny. It is as German as I've seem a movie, and it's humour is much more subtle and slowly delivered than most of what Holiwood has to offer. The amber colour of the cinematography gives it both a timelessness and a romantic touch. We see Germany as it is, and a most unlikely love story taking place before our eyes.A movie about how absurd can a moment in life be, how sometimes we all need to have a bit of craziness and foolishness in order to make it through the madness of normal life.Not a classic, but a good enjoyable evening.