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Best movie ever!

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

If you've never seen a Katrin Gebbe movie before, this is the one you should start with. Strong performances by Julius Feldmeier and Torben Lohmann drive a powerful 'coming of age' story that expertly blends the themes of faith, love, and hope. Fans of Sascha Alexander Gersak will also be well rewarded, despite an unflattering colour palette.I rate Tore Tanzt at 26.64 on the Haglee Scale, which works out as a very respectable 8/10 on IMDB.

The slowly unwinding pace of this film can seduce one into a believing not much is happening, but from the outset there's a sinister feel to this film that becomes far more visceral, and disturbing. At times the violence was so calculating and casual it made me physically ill, and wanted to walk away from it. That said, the behavior of the parents, who fed into each others 'evil', reflected for me the explicit desire to dehumanize that which they hate. A feature so evident in the early 21st century. It's not from a genuine failure to reach and understand another's vulnerability, and Tore's is achingly portrayed in this film, painfully so, and the adults ever so casually seek to obliterate it. A day before I'd seen Reggie Yates doco on the experience of the LGBTI community in St Petersberg, and was truly frightened by the casual nature of the brutality, intimidation and violence of 'ordinary' Russians to gay people. The banality of evil indeed.

Tore's dancing and Benno's prancing in "Tore tanzt", the first full feature movie by writer and director Katrin Gebbe. This is a 2013 release, so it will have it 5th anniversary next year. The young actor who plays the title character is Julius Feldmeier and there is a reason why he did not really receive a great deal of awards attention while his film did. He is a good casting choice for the part of a modern Jesus on his very own modern Way of the Cross, but there is nothing about his performance that stands out. The MVP in this 110-minute movie is certainly Sascha Alexander Gersak. I may be a bit biased as I like him a lot as an actor in other projects too, but there is no denying how he is the (evil) heart and soul of the film, a man playing a sadistic family dad who seems to be Tore's big test when it comes to his faith and devotion to God. Yes there are scenes when this movie sacrifices a bit of realism in his attempt to be memorable through shock value, but it's fine I guess and once again Gersak is the one who needs to be thanked for making even these moments work.But enough talk about Gersak. Another thing that makes this film an interesting watch are the references about a real case. Of course, a lot of it was added for dramatic purposes, but that's fine as after all we are not watching a documentary, but a work of fiction here. The cast does not include too many known names, but I personally felt this wasn't a problem. Sure better acting would have made this an even more rewarding watch, but lets be honest here, this film is really mostly about the story and how strange and absurd, yet reality-based, it all is. I personally also see Tore as a bit of an antagonist here, or at least a very insane person if he goes through all of this on purpose and still will not contact the police or anything. Anyway, I must say I am quite shocked by the contents here. This is definitely not an easy film to stomach and (just like me) you will not expect what is hidden behind this so harmless, almost playful title. I mean the German title of course, the English title "Nothing Bad Can Happen" has a great deal of irony attached to it eventually. So yeah, I think this was a decent film overall, even if it has weaknesses. It's certainly closer to a ** out of ***** than to a **** out of *****, but I still recommend the watch.

NOTHING BAD CAN HAPPEN (aka TORE TANZT) could have slipped into the annals of torture porn but first time director Katrin Gebbe has such a sure hand and grasp of her subject that the film never crosses the line into degenerate entertainment (not that I'm against that). But it's refreshing to see a film that has so much on its mind and plays with our expectations while depicting a world in which beauty, truth and innocence are not only resented but demeaned and destroyed. This is a tough film which one could see as a statement on the masochism behind religious zealotry but is ultimately about human pettiness and capacity for destruction. The film seriously calls to mind the work of Lars von Trier and Gebbe deserves positive comparisons to von Trier but NOTHING has a genuineness that makes if feel poignant rather than an intellectual exercise. NOTHING BAD CAN HAPPEN is not an easy film but well worth the pain.