Toni Erdmann (2016)
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Duration: 162 minuten
Country:
Germany / Austria / Switzerland / Romania / Monaco / France / Belgium
Directed by: Maren Ade
Stars: Peter Simonischek, Sandra Hüller and Lucy Russell
IMDb score:
7,3 (54.736)
Releasedate: 14 July 2016
Toni Erdmann plot
Winfried is a 65-year-old aspiring music teacher with a penchant for jokes who lives with his old dog. His daughter Ines, however, is the complete opposite: an ambitious businesswoman, she travels the world, moving from one project to another in order to climb straight up the career ladder. Father and daughter don't get to see each other very often, but that changes abruptly when Winfried's dog dies and he decides to visit Ines (unannounced) at her work.
Actors and actresses
Ines
Winfried / Toni
Henneberg
Gerald
Tim
Anka
Tatjana
Steph
Flavia
Dascălu
Reviews & comments
wibro
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- 11590 messages
- 4098 votes
Given the very positive reports, I watched this film tonight in a room full of people over 50. There's nothing wrong with that between [ ] because I'm over 65 myself. But oh how bored I have been. Hardly a moment to laugh while the audience did at the slightest thing. Foot cushions, Nacktpartie - have certainly never been to a sauna - well, what am I supposed to do with this. Dad who goes after his daughter and then pretends to be someone he's essentially not. I couldn't help but laugh at it. I found the whole story as unbelievable as the plague. In reality, could you imagine such a situation if you were standing in the place of Toni's daughter Ines? Not me in any case. I would be ashamed of myself in such a situation.. Anyway, to cut the story short, how you rate this film is of course 100% a matter of feeling. If you are touched by it, then you feel this film is just good. There's nothing wrong with that. I, on the other hand, was not touched in the least by this film - apparently I was too sober for it - and that is why this film gets the lowest rating I use. I can't do anything about it either.
1.0*
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Donkerwoud
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- 8696 messages
- 3961 votes
That I would say again that probably the funniest movie scene from 2016 has a naked woman in the lead!? 'Toni Erdmann' (2016) is a fine bridge between an accessible, warm public film and contemplative arthouse cinema. It has improv comedy and raunchy office humor. It has a compelling story about a father and daughter who attract and repel each other, while having more influence on each other's lives than they both realize. It's unadulteratedly sentimental (yet not quite!) It's absurd and realistic at the same time. It has penetrating acting that gets under the skin, but at times Peter Simonischek and Sandra Hüller go wild with their caricatural roles. It even has some subtle social criticism in it about the European Union and globalization. As great cinema should be: intimate, sensitive, small and yet more layered than it seems.
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Movsin
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- 8286 messages
- 8442 votes
So you see how the drama of the separation between father and daughter and the further divergence of their views on life can be presented in a hilariously funny way.
Film is riddled with comedic states. It lasts an hour longer than usual and of course there are moments where it is less, but, indeed, whoever goes for a walk will certainly miss beautiful things, if only the beautiful ending that does not give in to a happy- end-like turnaround and proves once again that "Toni Erdmann" is no ordinary movie.
The acting is sublime, both lead actors in the first instance, with Sandra Hüller in particular standing out in my opinion as the cool business woman. By the way, the business world is accurately (and a bit critical) portrayed with the heartless, the distant, the deadpan faces and the typical "jargon".
Nice movie, I say.
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