This has got to win a prize for bad casting of an actress.
The woman here, she may be a very good actress in the German language,
but frankly in English it is barely understandable at times.
I had to run subtitles to understand quite a lot of what she said.
Germans usually speak very good English but there are notable exceptions and we have one here.
The other thing which would make me think this is a miscast is that she has a bodytype that
would indicate she probably made sure she never got to a PE lesson when she was at school.
Frankly, she really does not fit the bill here at all, not even a bit.
The film is made by a German director and we have
had over the years German films made in America,
most notably Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders and other films by him.
We have also many Scandinavians who have made films in the USA,
French directors too occasionally.
It is a really difficult thing to do.
The European energy feeding this film does not sit well with for example Ving Rhames here, a native of Harlem.
It doesn't really blend well.
Also the pace of the film, more reminiscent of a 1970/80s movie,
maybe even Paris, Texas where everything moved at snail's pace.
Frankly, this is very, very underwhelming.
There are two stories running parallel here.
That is quite a clever device, but frankly,
it is a little clumsy in parts.
You could say terrible things about this film and you could also praise it.
We can see that from the reviews of others.
Some give it one, some give it ten.
And as usual, the answer probably lies somewhere in the middle.
Anyway, nowhere near a masterpiece.
Nowhere near the worst thing you'll ever see.
But yeah, probably worth a pass.
