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Nov 24, 2023jimg2000 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Sep 23, 2017 A habitually clowning around old guy inserted himself in his daughter's high pressure oil industry consultant job activities. The first scenes set the stage of the odd father-daughter relationship, followed by a string of…
Apr 03, 2023SAPL454 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Interesting relationship between an ambitious daughter and her hilarious father!
Jul 16, 2022lizardi rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Absolutely awful in the first 10 minutes; not wasting my time!
Jun 20, 2022RioCaliente rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
"Toni Erdmann" -- what a fabulous film! The father character was so unbelievably annoying but with the best motives and sense of the true values in life. Yes it is a long movie but since you are probably watching it at home, just take…
Apr 04, 2021jameskirk_0 rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Advertised as "nominated for Best Foreign film". Puh-lease! Slow, tedious, boring, tasteless and pointless. Essentially, why was this movie made? Do you really care that the female lead had such incredible breasts and was a pastry…
Jul 06, 2020Isaugust rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A great movie about fathers and daughters. You will be between laughing and crying at the same time sometimes. It so true. And with great actors. If you like to watch an easy peasy happy ending Hollywood movie, this is not a movie for…
Jan 07, 2020eusebius rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
Far too long for sustained watching; material is not sufficient to hold the movie together. You get tired of Peter Simoniscek's antics-even in a huge bird costume.
Apr 28, 2019misatim rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
It is just not funny, rather sad. About this man crying for attention, and imposing himself on everyone else.
Mar 21, 2019
It's worth the watch, but you cannot expect the plot to be just handed to you.
Jan 16, 2019marcos_santiago rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Toni Erdmann - 4 stars and a half! I would NOT call it a comedy. Conceptually, this movie is about life. And life is about the endless journey. The director does not spell out the story, the audience has to make sense of it. There is more…
Nov 20, 2018
simply a gem. harold and maude whackiness.
Jul 10, 2018VonHafenstaaad rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Toni Erdmann" is a 162-minute comedy/drama from Germany about a prank-loving older man who pays a surprise visit to his corporate consultant adult daughter and begins to throw her uptight life into chaos. That plot description could easily…
Feb 20, 2018RoyalJellyIII rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
At nearly three hours, "Toni Erdmann" is expansive but rarely self-indulgent, and the emotional payoff, when it comes, feels truly and bizarrely earned.
Feb 04, 2018jjmswhaterever rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Believe me when I say...it's possibly one of the worst movies ever!! ...I can't believe it was nominated for an Academy Award!!...I won't even mention how totally creepy it was...I will never look at a "Petit Four" the same way ever…
Feb 03, 2018pmaison rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
5-stars - This movie isn't for everyone; the pacing is slow to build and the director lets the camera linger, especially toward the end. You can take the story straight-up: a father's journey to confront his fractured relationship with…
Jan 26, 2018Jane_Sm rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
We found little to like in any of the shallow, cold-fish characters (which was perhaps the point?) Managed to watch most of it to the end, coming to realize too late that both father and daughter were incapable of being real and so…
Jan 24, 2018CaptainHecto rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I wanted to see what all the noise was about, but I'm still not sure that I know. There are some very funny scenes, and the send-up of corporate culture is delightful. Sandra Hüller (remember her from "Requiem"?) is a pleasure to watch,…
Jan 15, 2018Blurfan rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Thank you Ottawa Public Library for obtaining foreign films. This is a prime example of a thoroughly enjoyable, cerebral and non-Hollywoodian movie. Highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys a film that explores relationships with panache…
Jan 14, 2018snakie_chick rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
TWO POINT SEVEN FIVE HOURS. Should have been edited down to about 80 minutes. I made it through 1hr 45min and gave up. I'm not against slow paced movies, but this one just didn't work.
Nov 18, 2017empbee rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Very good comedy with a serious message. Funny and thought provoking. The acting is great, the site is interesting. A nice addition is the making of the movie.
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Oct 25, 2017NeoRauch rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
It's one of the best comedies in recent years, being intelligent, disconcerting and poignant at the same time.
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Oct 19, 2017funky_d rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
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Sep 13, 2017kjhellman rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Weirdly entertaining.
Aug 30, 2017lindy919 rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
This is a perfect example of why Germans are not known for making movies; The country, as a whole, should get out of the art business altogether and stick to engineering and medecine. While there are a few (slightly) humorous scenes there…
Aug 19, 2017voisjoe1_0 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
The Chicago Trib critic - "...about the endless, free-floating bs women must contend with in a capitalistic patriarchy." Yeah, I kinda felt that Toni's daughter was always getting criticized by her male business associates with comments…