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Very disappointing...

There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

La Boum it isn't at all, even though the female lead looks a lot like young Sophie Marceau, it has a level of teenage romance, and of course the song, "Reality".But I thought this is most of all a strong example of "Ostalgie" (nostalgia for the GDR, East Germany, 1949-90). Bewilderingly so.The "little message" not very deep below the surface seems to me to be: The un-luxurious GDR was such a good place that in 1985, a West German teenage tennis crack, after living there for some weeks under mistaken local identity, ultimately prefers to go back to "Kleinruppin" (locations filmed in Wittenberge) and his girl Jana, instead of Miami FL where he had won a scholarship at a sports academy.For a 1988 DEFA movie this would have been an interesting, yet expectable plot. But made in 2004 United Germany? I felt vaguely reminded of the 1961 DEFA spy thriller "For eyes only", showing the loving care of the Stasi, and East-West and back migration, with somehow similar "realism".I must admit that I feel some Ostalgie myself, even if I've only experienced the GDR on day trips from West Berlin, and rail transit. But the functions of police, Stasi, army, border patrols, Bautzen jail are all briefly touched here, and lightly dismissed again. The most severe penalty seems to have been cleaning the toilets floor...For those who think "GDR wasn't so bad after all" and sometimes dream it still exists, this movie may make perfect sense. But reality, grim as it sometimes is both before and after reunification, tells a different story.Still, I rate this 8/10, for delivering lovely details of 1985 GDR, much food for thought, of a parallel universe where the idea of a weekend trip to Venice would be "just kidding"...

I always looked forward to watch this movie about GDR, but I haven't expected such a boring one.The ideas and regards to details of the gdr in this film are good (for example: the names of the main characters: Ronny and Jana are typical east German names, and the name Tim is typical west German, or the Popper Haircut, which was very famous in Germany in the eighties, there are more very funny details you recognize if you lived in the gdr) , but I always had the feeling the director knows less about dramaturgy. I was just bored by the time and hoped the movie would be end soon.And even the main character is a catchy guy, i don't think he can act. If you liked "Sonnenallee", "Goodbye Lenin" or "Live of the others" which are very good movies, don't expect too much of "kleinruppin forever".

Tim, who lives in West-Germany, has a complicated relation with his rich parents, but he loves girls and they love him. In the club he favors sweet drinks with umbrellas that he drink in the company of his loyal and less popular skanks. The year is 1975, and Tim just won a Tennis heat that gave him a stipendiary to go to Florida. Tims dad does not like the idea of his son being a tennis champion. He would rather have a smart son who took care of his company.On a field trip to East, Tim suddenly meets his twin brother. Tim brags about his rich life and luxury. His brother Rennie takes his chance and knocks Tim unconscious, cuts his hair off and takes his place on the bus back to the West. Tim, angry and lost, must now live his brothers life, every day, and his brat lifestyle brings him a lot of problems on the way. But in the darkest hour, there's light - the girl.

If you liked Goodbye Lenin, and are nostalgic for the eighties and formercommunist countries, this movie is for you! It's nothing more than a light comedy, so don't expect too much, but it can be very entertaining at times, and also nice without being cheesy (even ifshamelessly quoting La Boum!). It gives you a smile and a little message, so what else can you ask for?There's a strong supporting cast, and some cleverly-worked out plot twists. Of course you have to have been a teenager in the eighties to get it!