Kein Pardon

No pun intended - I never had seen this before, but it does hit home with quite the power. The beginning of the movie is quite powerful - and while this is tailored to a german audience, I feel that many things are universal. The 10 minutes of fame and all that - that is almost another pun right? But let's leave that aside for now.

Hape Kerkeling a very popular and quite good comedian, knows how to conduct himself - and while there are certain cliches and there are certain things that are quite convenient - you can feel that there is more than a kernal of truth behind the movie and the characters.

But while it starts off strong, it does wear off towards the end. Yes the humor is still good - but apart from the predictable turn, there are many other things that have not aged too well ... still this is more than decent and if you like the humor this delivers, you won't mind a couple of flaws along the way anyway ...

It's a great satire but hard to understand if you didn't grow up in Germany. Most of the jokes are based on the very special humor and talent of Hape Kerkeling, that's why I think a translation wouldn't work.

Anyhow, I know people who didn't like the movie but most of them just didn't understand the subtle jokes. Every time I see the movie again there's another revelation...

Did you notice the "Bollerwagen"-shop next to the "Gluecksmelodie"-machine when he passes it for the second time? It's stuff like that which makes the movie still interesting to watch - even after the 10th time...

Though mainly using very simply, almost primitive jokes, somehow they managed to make the film really funny. This is probably due to Hape Kerkeling's appearance, because he already seems funny when he says just anything.

Ok, a very subjective view, but this film has so many great jokes, I could watch it every week. Well, I've seen it about 20 times and know every sentence, but watching it with some friends, which know it as good either is just fun fun fun. Besides the storyline is quite critical and shows in an amusing way life in showbiz and life in a typical 'Ruhrgebiet' family.

As I said - great film ... ... ... 'Quatsch, dä Henne is Jungfrau !'