Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Helloturia I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.

Ogosmith Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Roy Hart If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

herostratus-690-719695 Sorry for the good rating - ONE - still far too good for this extremely crappy movie.I quite used to like Till Schweiger for his appearances in older films, but I really started to dislike this guy for his appearances on TV recently regarding different political issues - and I really start to "hate" him for this movie - since he not only wrote the script but also had to (compulsively?) use his own kids to do the movie! Well, this kiddy-girl who plays the lead is really such a bad actress that it might have saved the movie if she would not have got the role by her father. Family business sucks, especially if one is some sort of frickin' dilettante, as in the case of this sorry girly! And how often her stupid-strange-expression-face-head pops up on screen - it really made me wanna puke after a while. Also technically this movie is a mess.Hallervorden, on the contrary and as always, plays quite well - but of course he ain't got no clue at all how to play an Alzheimer-candidate - even if he looks like one (but he does so since ages)! Instead this whole crappy movie turns out to be some sort of would-be-funny-comedy - but having Alzheimer is not funny at all, I tell ya. I've seen someone who watched this movie who has got this disease, and watching it made him wanna kill the makers of this film, as he told me afterwards. It is no sign of decency nor is it a sign of intelligence to make a movie in ways that make people wanna destroy you!I have to deal with Alzheimer patients each day at work, and this movie is really NOT AT ALL helpful regarding this disease: neither does it display the REAL Alzheimer as it is, nor does it deal with this overall issue adequately! Instead it seems to take the Mickey out of the subject and mock at both these patients and their relatives! Nobody ever would act or react as these stupid folks in this stupid movie do - neither the Alzheimer-candidate nor the Alzheimer-relatives! So is this funny? Not at all. Alzheimer means real horror. So is this helpful (in dealing with that disease)? Not at all. It just shows some stupid clowns walking around like brainless ants in a totally senseless plot.The fact, that this whole stupid crap even won some award really makes all this even worse: cause it doesn't mean that this movie has got at least some hidden qualities, but it rather does show in what sorry state we live in. These idiotic awards this moron-movie won is just the proof of the sensational shortcomings of our so-called "culture" and our completely insane Zeitgeist, that obviously sipped into the minds of the makers of this movie and as well into the minds of the jury that made this movie have awards, on top of everything, and nothing more.Luckily my TV has got an off-button. So I turned the frickin' sh-t off after 40 minutes, cause I couldn't stand it anymore. 140 Minutes of mere garbage? Unbearable! Is there some super-extra-money if a movie-maker crosses the 120-minute-line? I just wonder how sick a brain must be to write some stuff like this! But Schweiger outed himself on various occasions as warmonger and at the same time "fascist anti-fascist" (yes, such people do exist indeed today!) and also as an as violent as antidemocratic refugee-lover. So what can one really expect from such a distorted mind full of sh.t like Schweiger's?

Ralfscheapthrill Thanks to the reviews of AccessCardRequired and feyza-balak for pointing out some of the astonishing weaknesses of "Honig im Kopf". In addition to that: The problem of the editing is not just about the film's length in general and the louche number of "subplots" (which are more or less excuse for showing the audience proudly the desire of almost every known actor and celebrity in Germany to be a part in a new Til Schweiger movie at least for a second. It seems to be the latest fashion...). Though the story itself urges for intimate scenes where the actors have space to show their talent in favor of their role and the scene, it's high-speed edited in a unnecessary way I've barely seen before. Even the most simple dialog between three people there's hardly one image that stands longer than two seconds. It seems like no one is trusting the impact of the story here. Why else should you cut a quite relaxed dialog like it's an action movie's final car chase? "Honig im Kopf" is a perfect example for what happened to a part of Germany's filmmaking in consequence of 30 years of (bad) commercial TV: it's not about telling a story anymore, true to it's idea, it's characters. It's just about creating a chain of small plot points which have to peak in something that is supposed to be "highly emotional" oder "just funny". The rest is eye-pleasing: interior design out of the cheesiest life style magazines, spectacular shooting locations and of course: super expensive super-slow-mo-camera from time to time just to watch parents and child reunion like they show football-players these days, celebrating themselves after they managed to score. The sad thing is - no one of the teams seems to see or care, though they all did their job far better before (like in "Kokowääh", the first one. the sequel was hell) . And of course: If there'd be anybody out there who could tell Til what kind of path he's walking down, he could easily say: "What do you want? Almost 7 Million Germans went to see my movie, they cried and laughed. So get lost, stupid artsy fartsy guy!" So after all: Is it just a matter of taste? No it isn't. It's a matter of success, that's eating itself. What comes out of that still might look like success, and 30 years of fly-breeding might give you the impression that it's still a success, but if you just take your time - little more than 2 seconds, and check your senses you will realize the smell. Til doesn't seem to have nor time nor interest - no wonder, he's shooting film after film. Even his character here is like that: After Tilda burnt half of the super high class kitchen, he comes home and instead of taking a breath and wondering about the likely smell, his wife has to explain where all this soot is coming from. In it's mixture of lowest level storytelling, high level emotionalizing and inhibited jokes which mostly refer to farting and flippancy - here you have the wiedergänger of the infamous regular UFA-entertainment from once upon a time...

IndustriousAngel Making a movie about Alzheimer's disease and how it affects families - that's difficult stuff, and if you want to include comedy aspects, your task doesn't get easier. The result - "Honig im Kopf" - is really better than it has any right to be, given those difficulties - it's touching, funny and perfectly paced. Opinions about Til Schweiger's acting ability might be divided; his talent as director and narrator can not be doubted after this project.The biggest part of the story centers on 11-year old Tilda and her granddad Amandus who is slowly drifting into dementia; while Tilda knows (by asking her paediatrician, her parents being of little use) that the disease will be getting more serious and that he will eventually die, she tries her best to make him feel loved and needed during his last months. This goes so far that she "kidnaps" him and his plastic money for a travel from Hamburg to Venice (where he had spent his honeymoon with his deceased wife and which he still remembers vividly).The first half of the story tells about the difficulties in integrating Amadus into domestic life at his son's, of the following near-breaking of the family - then it becomes a kind of road movie when crafty Tilda and Amandus hit the train (and have to leave it during a spell of confusion). Both halves share comedy and drama in equal measure - there's quite a few scenes where the whole theater exploded with laughter or snorting - , but it's the road movie that's more endearing: The help the dissimilar pair gets from unexpected sides, the intimate moments between grand-daughter and granddad, and in background: Tilda's parents going through some relationship changes as a consequence of her actions.In the end, there's death. I thought it important not to cut away too early, death was waiting in the off since the second scene and was inevitable. Still, I was near bawling during those final scenes, that's hard stuff - "Honig im Kopf" is NOT a children's film even if the main protagonist is a 11-year old.The acting was good - Hallervorden as Amandus excellent (though not as versatile as in last year's "Sein letztes Rennen" - more the fault of the script where he is given few bright moments) and Emma Schweiger very good, too - during the first minutes, her voice-over sounded a bit precocious but she really drew me in afterwards. All other roles were played at least competently.The only "weak" parts in an otherwise excellent production: Camera-work and light were a bit pedestrian, and the soundtrack, while not bad, left me wanting for something less bland. But those are minor points, highly recommended!

AccessCardRequired The basic story is charming. Goes to your heart, but at over 120 Minutes in length, too many subplots (if you can call various scenes) just add painful time to the film. what really bothers one is that (spoilers) the little girl is gone - off to somewhere. Her parents have no idea where the girl and the grandfather are - and the NEVER call her on her iphone - which the girl uses to such an extend like apple paid her to do so. The monastery scene is fun, yes, but just drags the film in length. So is the summer party. Anyways, lots of nice pictures, lots of music, Emma Schweiger is really good and of course Dieter Hallervorden. A great role for the man. Til should just let someone trust in editing his film(s), as this one is barely watchable.