Dorathen Better Late Then Never

Kamila Bell This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Josephina Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

saintetiennelee But it is hard going. Ultimately I'm glad I stayed with it but it tests your patience to the limit at times. It's not a 1 rating like some reviewers are saying. But it's certainly not a 10 either. It's far too long to enable it to get anywhere that kind of rating. There seems to be so many meaningless scenes that could have been trimmed. There are certain moments that for me were laugh out loud. Ines played by Sandra Huller is fantastic. It's made me want to see more of her work. Talk of an Hollywood remake on here. I can only assume it will be a very very different film. There is no way ever a scene for scene remake would make it out of Hollywood. Give the original a go first, it's different!!

EnoVarma Let me tell you about the screening I attended. It was a special preview with about 20 attendants. We were all there to see the biggest sensation from that year's Cannes festival; we were there to see what was publicized as "the most original COMEDY of the year". For the first hour and a half there wasn't even a chuckle anywhere in the audience. During the last 45 minutes there emerged a handful of laughs, with me joining in once. Well, not bad, but not nearly enough for a 2½+ hour movie.It has to be said, that this movie, which opens without any credits, has the ugliest opening shot in memory. It's a naturalistic, haphazardly framed and badly-lit shot of a mundane suburban house front door. The cinematography isn't great at any point of the movie. But this is a character piece, so that's not TOO important. Well, the characters are nice, but hardly memorable. "Toni Erdmann" is a story of an aloof father whose big on practical jokes and his uptight corporate daughter. The practical jokes have been called ingenious, but I beg to differ. "Harold and Maude", now, there is a movie with ingenious practical jokes. And originality, which "Toni Erdmann" only aspires to.The director does manage to weave a believable world, which makes watching the movie pleasant enough, but it is telling, that the movie reaches levity only when nudity is presented. It's an old trick, but "Toni Erdmann" makes it work by putting its own spin on it. The last 30 minutes are markedly better and more substantial than the rest of the movie.Other than that I do not understand the supposed charm of this quite familiar movie.

zzzorf While it might not be the general consensus but I didn't really enjoy this movie that much. The idea and the story were fine but the way it was all put together just didn't work for me. The beginning of the movie was so slow, not setting a good feel for the main action of the movie. My other main issue was the characters. I struggled to connect with either the father or daughter thus taking me out of the movie. While I understand the father was a practical joker I got the feeling more of that he was doing his bits without any thought of the people he was doing them too, thus I just couldn't feel sorry for him. As to his daughter I never felt like I ever could get a handle of just who she was. This of course was not the design of the director so I can see where I failed to fully understand the movie as designed to be seen.

katvyhh A complete waste of time and money - both of the viewers and the filmmakers. Stay away. Unbelievable, unnatural, pointless and untalented. Off-putting and extremely long. Get an editor!