“Those guys live REALLY sustainably!” So Alf is shamed into helping Jacob track down his luggage, house him and guide him into decadent, partying Berlin. The elements to a broad farce, something like the Amish portion of the teen comedy “Sex Drive,” are introduced and allowed to wither and die. Jacob’s ingrained sexism - “But cooking is for WOMENfolk!” - and delicacy about matters young people talk about frankly is brought up, and the jokes just don’t land.
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His eagerness to “experience” this time in his life is touched on, is mentioned but not followed through on. My Daddy says ‘You’ve learned enough!”Ī cute sight gag - he takes on a job as a vegan cafe’s delivery boy - on skates - to search for the missing bag and the beautiful art taste maker (Emre) who accidentally took off with. No joke comes from it.Īll the while, the two young men - Jacob and Alf - fall into romantic crises, wondering if each has found “the one” and if their lives with change course, and exactly how they’ll know this is happening. That plays as flat as most of what surrounds it. Jacob’s “questioning” his destiny, which his father laid out on his departure - Go, have your rumspringa, “come home, get Baptized, marry and grow a beard” - pops up as a here and there afterthought.
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I think director and co-writer Mira Thiel wanted to get a comedy out of this, and either lost her nerve or she and her cast just don’t have the knack.
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This feels like a comedy that never gets past sensitivity training.During the first seven decades of the 20th century, a specific form of Polari was developed by gay men and lesbians in urban centres of the United Kingdom within established LGBT communities.Īn Amish farce showing us partying, sex and and getting stoned should be like shooting a fish-out-of-water in a barrel.