I'm watching as many German-language films as I can to help improve my German and from that perspective, I can recommend this film because it's definitely not boring however; I didn't understand the point of the story.
Why did she need a 'second chance'? It's marketed as a love story and the synopsis indicates that it's her second chance with her partner but... he didn't die the first time around. They didn't split up. So the second chance aspect has nothing to do with him. Perhaps it's about her best friend? Except it can't be because she does absolutely nothing whatsoever to help her friend! Admittedly my German is average and I watched with Spanish subtitles (improving my Spanish too!) so I may have missed a subtle point or explanation but from what I gathered, she almost immediately told her best friend she was repeating the past but then DIDN'T tell her to be careful when crossing the road because she was going to die..! She had weeks to tell her and she never did! Am I expected to believe that an intelligent woman never considered that she had the option of changing the past? It took a small child to explain to her that she could do things differently? Who on earth reads their partner's mail? That's illegal and frankly, it's just not something that people ever do whether they know it's illegal or not because it's a huge invasion of privacy. The only thing I can think of is that maybe it's not illegal in Germany? Maybe it's considered polite to read someone else's mail?! Doubtful.
There were just so many things wrong with the story. A few tweaks here and there and it could have been great. For people looking for German-language films, yes, I can recommend this because the acting is great and it's fairly easy to follow plus time travel is always interesting even when it fails but unless you have an ulterior motive, such as being a huge fan of any of the actors or having OCD and needing to watch every time travel film ever made or you are learning German, probably don't bother.
6/10 (depending on why you're watching)
Why did she need a 'second chance'? It's marketed as a love story and the synopsis indicates that it's her second chance with her partner but... he didn't die the first time around. They didn't split up. So the second chance aspect has nothing to do with him. Perhaps it's about her best friend? Except it can't be because she does absolutely nothing whatsoever to help her friend! Admittedly my German is average and I watched with Spanish subtitles (improving my Spanish too!) so I may have missed a subtle point or explanation but from what I gathered, she almost immediately told her best friend she was repeating the past but then DIDN'T tell her to be careful when crossing the road because she was going to die..! She had weeks to tell her and she never did! Am I expected to believe that an intelligent woman never considered that she had the option of changing the past? It took a small child to explain to her that she could do things differently? Who on earth reads their partner's mail? That's illegal and frankly, it's just not something that people ever do whether they know it's illegal or not because it's a huge invasion of privacy. The only thing I can think of is that maybe it's not illegal in Germany? Maybe it's considered polite to read someone else's mail?! Doubtful.
There were just so many things wrong with the story. A few tweaks here and there and it could have been great. For people looking for German-language films, yes, I can recommend this because the acting is great and it's fairly easy to follow plus time travel is always interesting even when it fails but unless you have an ulterior motive, such as being a huge fan of any of the actors or having OCD and needing to watch every time travel film ever made or you are learning German, probably don't bother.
6/10 (depending on why you're watching)