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Toni Erdmann

The 21st Century’s 100 greatest films (BBC)

Toni Erdmann

2016

Maren Ade

Peter Simonischek, Sandra Hüller, Lucy Russell, Trystan Pütter ...

6.4

8,796

Comedy. Drama Winfried doesn't see much of his working daughter Ines. He pays her a surprise visit in Bucharest, where she's busy as a corporate strategist. The geographical change doesn't help them to see more eye to eye. Practical joker Winfried annoys his daughter with corny pranks and jabs at her routine lifestyle of meetings and paperwork. Father and daughter reach an impasse, and Winfried agrees to go home to Germany. Enter Toni Erdmann: ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"Toni Erdmann' has the funniest nude scene of all time (...) [The film] becomes something much subtler and perceptive than its rudimentary set-up would suggest"	POS
United Kingdom	Lee Marshall Screendaily	"Surprising, awkward, refreshing and, at times, downright hilarious (...) a nearly three-hour-long German-Austrian arthouse comedy-drama that (almost) never drags"	POS
United States	Guy Lodge Variety	"A stunningly singular third feature by German writer-director Maren Ade that transports the intricately magnified human observation of her previous work to a rich, unexpected comic realm"	POS
United States	Leslie Felperin The Hollywood Reporter	"The world’s first genuinely funny, 162-minute German comedy (...) Toni Erdmann represents a very exportable property"	POS
United States	Steve Pond The Wrap	"A generous, hysterically funny but deeply touching father-daughter story that lasts for two hours and 42 minutes but doesn’t waste a moment"	POS
United Kingdom	Robbie Collin Telegraph	"The film’s sweetness and bitterness are held so perfectly in balance, and realised with such sinew-stiffening intensity, that watching it feels like a three-hour sports massage for your heart and soul (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of five)"	POS

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