Turkish for Beginners

2012
5.8| 1h45m| en
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During an emergency landing on a deserted island suddenly traumatized by antiauthoritarian education Lena Schneider (Josefine Preuss) together with the Turkish Super Macho Cem Öztürk (Elyas M'Barek) must fight for survival. After initially Cem macho repulsive acts on Lena, a jellyfish in the water and sand in a bikini, she recognizes the time the romantic core behind his cool facade. Meanwhile, meet also their parents, who obdurate psychologist Doris (Anna Stieblich) and Metin Öztürk (Adnan Maral) to work together to find their missing children. So both generations take an involuntary Turkish Basic Course for beginners.

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VividSimon Simply Perfect
GurlyIamBeach Instant Favorite.
Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes
Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.
Quadruplex First, the good news: If you are into men - Elyas M'Barek walks through most of the movie bare-chested; in a few scenes bare-assed.The bad news is: This doesn't help this bomb. The story line is: Turkish boy meets German girl, boy's dad meets girl's mother. Before the two prospective couples live happily ever after, they have to wade through a pile of the lowest, most vulgar clichés about Germans and Turks you can dream up.M'Barek's character is a male chauvinist pig from the books. He treats his sister like a piece of junk, he yells and bullies most of the time, he starts fights - a real macho. Josefine Preuß' character is an indecisive, post-pubescent, hare-brained bitch. This is supposedly non-PC. Unfortunately, it's also unfunny.So: Unless you are a stickler for prejudice from the stone age - don't buy or watch this flick. It's a complete waste of time.
Titan K Stay away from this movie except you want to learn something about (the non-existence of) German humor(e.g. for social-anthropological investigations). I don't know how one could put more stereotypes, idiotic clichés and stupidity in a movie. Why are German movies rarely funny? Do they have bad screenwriters? Or do they lack the ability to pick the right ones? I don't know. It seems to me, however, that there is a huge marked for good screenwriters.An advice for those who are forced to watch this movie: Keep in mind that someone tried to be funny! The fact that they miserably failed can be mildly entertaining.
bwdude In fact, there is no measurement HOW bad this is!It starts with the most dreadful "acting" I have seen in along time, and this goes for every single character in the movie. It's like they asked random people right off the street if they'd like to be in a movie.The story is harebrained and stupid. Not a single line of the dialog is even remotely funny, every second of it is so embarrassing, you feel ashamed for watching it.It's playing with the lowest of clichés possible and failing even at that. I admit, I walked out after 20 minutes of pain but I am absolutely sure it did not get any better after that.Oh, and did I already mention how bad the acting is?
Harry Chill There are two main reasons, why i've chosen to see this movie - first there's the funny TV-Show, finished a while ago and the very well chosen scenes from the trailer shown in cinemas. Compared to the TV-Show, the movie isn't less nor more funny - refreshed with new jokes according to the present situation in Germany (and the world).The actors are the same - it's the story that's told in a different way - awesome decision and thrilling plane crash (like seen in trailers). Actually, the crash let me go out of the movie with a bad attitude towards flying... Nevertheless, that's where the fun begins and you start to enjoy the movie, the Germans, the turks and the Greek. The end is predictable for those who've seen the show, but it is not taking the joy.Funny, funny, funny and entertaining 'til the credits!