Who are we? What are we? And what really defines us? What makes us happy? An app or things? Both those things or when is enough enough? Now don't expect this to be too much of a social drama. It is a light comedy with a social message and maybe something that is able to make you think and reavaluate things (or not of course).
While some cliches are being served and the story is quite predictable, it is overall entertaining. Some convenient drama is being shoved upon us, but the two main actors (with additional support by the ... supporting actors) are able to keep us engaged with their enthusiasm. Also both of them seem to gel and rub each other the right way (no pun intended, since there is quite a lot of male nudity in this). Their chemistry is evident and that helps the movie in more than one way. If you don't mind the flaws too much, this can be a decent time waster
44% - Audience
6.3Plot summary
In Berlin, Paul Konaske and Anton (Toni) Katz have been best friends since childhood, Paul's parents, Renate and Wolfgang Konaske, took Toni in when his own parents went traveling the world without him; his mother who is still traveling the world. Paul and Toni now live one floor apart in big-boy-toy-filled loft apartments. They are also business partners in a small (12 employees) tech business and are able to lead very comfortable lives and buy anything they want. In the partnership, Paul is the creative and tech genius, Toni the business thinker. While making an open pitch to famed temperamental American venture-capitalist David Zuckerman to fund Paul's app on an artificial intelligent device voice assistant which begins to learn the individual mood of its owner, Paul learns that Toni believes he cannot go without constantly buying whatever man-toy he sees. Paul believes the same about Toni--specifically, anything to enhance his already-great looks; in a drunken rant, Paul bets Toni that he can go longer without material possessions. With their staff invested in the bet and in the sober light of day, the ultimate bet becomes that they are both stripped of all their possessions, excluding food and shelter, the former to be rationed by their staff, and will receive one material possession back per day, the bet to last no longer than 100 days, to end at any time if one or the other gives up. They might find that real life throws additional wrenches into the bet. They find their partnership and friendship is put to the test, especially when in the process they meet a mysterious young woman named Lucy who is facing her own life crises.
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What did I just watch?
The premise of the movie is good. Too much consumerism in life. First act is good, everything after and it falls apart like a like cheap shoes.
Problems: suspend all disbelief all ye who enter here.
You expect me to believe that one 1 night a handful of drunk workers moved 2 guys homes and everything out?
That drunk co-workers too drunk bosses literary.
This was the confusing part: 2 guys who were supposly friends (odd couple dynamic) hate each other and constantly fight (verbal & physical) are best friends? Then the movie turns into a ROMCOM then into a moral lesson.
I enjoy foreigner films, but this movie had too many pieces too many sub plots.
Surprisingly good
I liked it. I liked it a lot. Unfortunately German Cinema seems to have only 10 actors nowadays, but despite this, it was able to keep me interested and even touch me with its story, characters and overall execution. Well played, well made and fun in between. Please go ahead and give it a try!