Max und Moritz Reloaded (2005)

User Rating:

2.7/10   

Directors:

Thomas Frydetzki
Annette Stefan (co-director)

Writers:

Thomas Frydetzki (co-screenplay)
Laurens Straub (co-screenplay)

Release Date:

28 April 2005 (Germany)

Genre:

Action | Comedy

Plot Keywords:

Bad Guys | Education | Trick | Character Name In Title

Cast

Kai Michael Müller	...	Moritz Reischke
Willi Gerk	...	Max Reischke
Katy Karrenbauer	...	Mutter Rita Reischke
Franziska Petri	...	Sozialbeamtin Paula Winter
Sebastian Krumbiegel	...	Axel Schultz
Toni Krahl	...	Henry Maschke
Ben Becker	...	Mörder-Hanne
Karen Böhne	...	Puff-Mutter Brunhilde
Armin Dillenberger	...	Thüringer Polizist
Antonia Cäcilia Holfelder	...	Thüringer Polizistin (as Antonia Holfelder)
Harry Baer	...	Bayer
Tini Howarth	...	Bayerin
Steffen Jürgens	...	Referent für Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Stefan Lampadius	...	Hauptabteilungsleiter
Roxanne Borski	...	Herta

Also Known As:

Max und Moritz (Germany) (working title)

Runtime:

Germany:87 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company:

Kinowelt Filmproduktion

Highly underrated!!!!

Max und Moritz reloaded is an old story by Wilhelm Busch about two really mean brats that torture their environment and are force the tortured ones to respond. The reloaded film reinterprets the age old story in a present days German setting.

In Germany, when this film was released, the critics were not at all euphoric about it, and as far as I can tell, they were successful in keeping the crowd out of the theatres. Shame on them! This film is a hilarious farce, telling the story of two Hamburg brats, their alcoholic mother, a devoted social worker Paula (also the wet dream of the two boys) who are sent to an Eastern German boot camp. This boot camp is managed by two gay former army guys, and in a way they get to get along with each other. Of course, this takes some time, and lots of adventures are there to entertain you. But there is also the bordello master Hanne, and he gives the two boys a really hard time. Be excited to see the end of the film and what happens to Hanne and Max und Moritz! Max und Moritz reloaded is wonderfully not pc, sparkling with fine ideas, clear cut characters and a stunning rhythm. Action is followed by mind bending landscape shots, and then it goes boom again. Interspersed is the film with occasional cartoon sequences (perfect: the hilarious Paula on ice piece), and there are lots of songs integrated, also in a very nice manner. If you are a fan of justifying delight in entertainment you might even say there are some social dimensions of German life today to be found. But this does not do the film justice. It is an entertainment piece, and I think it does one thing: entertain you at its best (if you like trashy stuff).

The cast is generally good or excellent, you can see that everyone must have liked what they were doing. The most disturbing and mind-shaking appearances are by Ben Becker, who does an unbelievable job at acting as a sugar daddy. This must become a classic.

I can only hope that the DVD is as successful as this film deserves. Unfortunately, the market for trashy comedies in Germany might not be ready for this film yet (still). Everyone who thought that Goddbye Lenin was a little too slow and boring should like this film. Or maybe it simply is the film that Schlingensief simply does not know how to do? Try for yourself, sit back, relax, and be entertained! For friends of directors like Wenzel Storch and Christoph Schlingensief. For friends of films like "Frau Rettich, die Czerny und ich", "Komm süßer Tod", "Muttertag" by Roland Düringer.