This movie takes us on a journey with a British family enticed by the communistic East Germany. Although the movie is rather light-hearted and witty, if you look through the obvious irony to the subtle humoristic usages of language (such as The League of Friends, but I won't mention more for anti spoiler-warning purposes), it is a revealing look into how people in different ages with different dispositions could have reacted to the communist pressures.
One of these is the youngest daughters course of action through the movie, where her character is the only one that would plausibly behave in the way she did. The same goes for the other characters, as well as several very funny moments and twists that I unfortunately cannot go further into here. If you follow each character throughout this movie, you will find an amazing ability in the director to be able to intertwine personal relationships realistically with the plot. Have in mind the director is not using huge names, nor is on a huge budget.
What I enjoyed the most with this movie was that although the main theme is East Germany communism, the personal relationships and their course throughout the movie follows realistically and purposefully throughout the movie together with the plot, an amazing feat, but one thing made me lower my vote from 10/10 to 8/10. To collect the last loose ends together, a wee bit of magical thinking and a forgive-and-forget attitude ties them neatly, although humoristically, together.
One of these is the youngest daughters course of action through the movie, where her character is the only one that would plausibly behave in the way she did. The same goes for the other characters, as well as several very funny moments and twists that I unfortunately cannot go further into here. If you follow each character throughout this movie, you will find an amazing ability in the director to be able to intertwine personal relationships realistically with the plot. Have in mind the director is not using huge names, nor is on a huge budget.
What I enjoyed the most with this movie was that although the main theme is East Germany communism, the personal relationships and their course throughout the movie follows realistically and purposefully throughout the movie together with the plot, an amazing feat, but one thing made me lower my vote from 10/10 to 8/10. To collect the last loose ends together, a wee bit of magical thinking and a forgive-and-forget attitude ties them neatly, although humoristically, together.