So when's the shitty Paul Feig remake with like Pacino and Rose Byrne?

[puts in goofy dentures]

Don't you dare steal my idea.

it's true.

all of it.

(i have some major misgivings about the last 15 minutes, which feel — at least on first viewing — that they blunt out what could have been one of the great movie endings in recent memory, but everything you heard from Cannes about Maren Ade's shaggy epic is right on the money. the shortest 160 minutes you'll spend at the movies this year).

Almost everyone in my theater was laughing for about three hours straight. I think that speaks for itself; I've never quite had a movie-going experience like seeing this film with an audience.

“He was on old dog”.
That the humanist ideal of reconstruction Europe and the current European community can’t be reconciled is old news, but it takes an Andy Kaufmanesque prankster in a very old fashioned sentimental mission to, if not exactly exhume the corpse at least bring it into sharp relief. You'll laugh, you'll cry and things will just pass away. And it is really very very funny. Experimental human behavior played with broad Cassavetian exuberance at its best. Also, in the age of bloated festival film, it is always joy to get a 160 minutes one that needs every second of it to count.

Movie#44 #ToniErdmann touching film but can't help but be annoyed by the 2h45min run time!? #summerof50films

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Don't lose your humor.

11/10 - rewatch in packed threatre. Miracle of a movie with amazing handling of tonal shifts and one hell of a performance by Sandra Hüller.

It feels a bit baggy on a first time watch which, combined with the long running time, is the kind of thing that can set of alarm bells for me but I love the tone, the character work, the photography, the writing and the pacing so much that's it's still worth the full five stars. Definitely one I'll revisit

My expectations were so high for this movie.

I'd read that there would be gut-busting laughs, incisive commentary on the state of modern Europe, moving insight on parent/child alienation, and enough comic cringe to make David Brent feel he was missing out.

What I experienced was a few moments of bemusement across what felt like a very, very long running time. Sure, there are some sweet moments too, as well as an exquisitely awkward Whitney Houston rendition. But, overall Toni Erdmann didn't work its magic on me, despite all the critics suggesting it would.

I guess we can only react how we react. Perhaps German comedy is just not for me.

Maren Ade's film about a businesswoman getting an unexpected visit from her eccentric father in an attempt to fix their troubled relationship is an engaging film that is overlong in bits but still carries some strong performances from Peter Simonischek and Sandra Huller.

Just not my cup of tea

I decided long ago, never to walk in anyone's shadows
If I fail, if I succeed
At least I'll live as I believe
No matter what they take from me
They can't take away my dignity
Because the greatest love of all
Is happening to me
I found the greatest love of all
Inside of me
The greatest love of all
Is easy to achieve
Learning to love yourself
It is the greatest love of all