Erkan & Stefan

I have seen this movie today and I think, it's really worth looking at, when you just want to have a little fun. Of course some of the jokes are not the best ones you've ever heard, but it's never boring and you can have good fun.

So if you want to have fun, watch this movie and take a good friend and two or three bottles of beer with you (so did I).

Erkan Maria Moosleitner and Stefan Lust have a good comedy act, Michael "Bully" Herbig is a renowned director for comedy clips; unfortunately, the three are completely out of their depth in this attempt at a cinema - sized comedy. The result is like watching a 5 - minute "Stefan & Erkan" skid played back at greatly reduced speed to fill the 90 minutes running time. Kind of what you would expect from a German comedy, in a bad sense.

I was looking in the TV Guide for movies that come from Germany and I found one called The Bunnyguards, so I watched it and I laughed myself silly! I wanted the DVD but its not available here (I could order it from Germany but it doesn't have subtitles) It was played again so I taped it and watch it from time to time.

Anyway, I looked for info on it and found out its real name is Erkan & Stefan, but I know it by its Australian title: The Bunnyguards.

Some people who I know from Germany do not like Erkan & Stefan because of their accents, but not being German myself, I didn't notice anything. The jokes are good, but some Germans might find their accents off-putting.

I think this movie is funny and if the DVD had English subtitles on all the extras (having a 2 disk edition with only the feature having subtitles would be bad) I would buy it up in a snap!

I recommend it to anyone looking for a laugh and a pretty good story.

Great movie. I was laughing all time through. Why? Well, I am from Austria, I can get along with the German (Bavarian) kind of humor. So I guess this movie makes only sense watching when you are German native speaker. Stefan and Erkan both are talking in a new kind of turkish-german accent, which became really popular in our Countries (GER & AUT). But of course they are very stupid. As in every comedy your personal humor will decide, whether thumb up or down.

"Erkan und Stefan" is a very funny movie. And the best thing: it even has a PLOT! Basically, it's a sometimes suspenseful and serious secret service thriller BUT it has Erkan Maria Moosleitner and Stefan Lust starring in it. That's what makes this movie a comedy. First time director Michael "Bully" Herbig delivers a very well-crafted piece of German cinema - believe it or not. It is a worthy forerunner of "Manitu's Shoe". Hilarious and highly original ideas and gags, very funny "dialogue" combined with a stylish look, fine orchestral score and good overall acting. A movie to be seen more than once and perfectly fit for a good home cinema party. A must if you liked "Spies like us" and "Dude, where's my car?".

8 out of 10