{"id":2536,"date":"2017-01-27T00:41:08","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T00:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moviesandshakers.com\/staging\/4428\/?p=2536"},"modified":"2018-09-25T00:51:37","modified_gmt":"2018-09-25T00:51:37","slug":"toni-erdmann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviesandshakers.com\/staging\/4428\/toni-erdmann\/","title":{"rendered":"Toni Erdmann"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Does this film live up to the hype as one of the funniest this year? Is it worthy of being seriously considered for an Oscar for Best Foreign Film? Yes it is.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Be patient. The film is well over 2 and a half hours, but doesn\u2019t feel it at all. It begins slowly and leisurely as Director\/Writer Karen Ade draws us into the lives of practical joking piano teacher, Winifred, and his hard-driving business consultant daughter, Ines. Sandra H\u00fcller delivers one of the most fearless performances you will ever see. She runs through the gamut of emotions as her father shows up at the most crucial moments and puts her under unbelievable stress until she finally let\u2019s loose in some of the most outrageous and funny scenes that had us howling.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What begins as a few chuckles in the theatre grow to full-on gasps, screams and belly laughs. It\u2019s really satisfying to see how a well crafted script takes the audience on this subtle but wild ride.<\/p>\n

This is a film that is an unusual and very amusing take on efforts to develop a good father\/daughter relationship in today\u2019s busy tech connected world. Pete Simonischek plays Winifred Conradi, but he also has an alter ego named Toni Erdmann who is a real trip! Simonischek also gives a subtle but forceful performance. This man refuses to give up trying to reconnect with his daughter who he believes is losing her sense of self, morality and personality in her over-the-top quest for professional advancement.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”2541″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”2540″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”2538″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Winifred as Toni is a practical joker who slips in fake buck teeth when he transforms into his mischievous persona, wears KISS\/JOKER style makeup and wears silly hats or goes for the unkempt look. He decides to stalk his daughter to see if he can figure out who she is and if she\u2019s happy doing the high powered job she has. He asks personal questions of people he doesn\u2019t know. He puts his daughter on the spot in front of her bosses. He makes others do things they wouldn\u2019t normally do to get their attention or does childish things himself to get a reaction. So does she. Know that this film earns its R rating for nudity, but it\u2019s not gratuitous.<\/p>\n

Even though Ade uses a lot of close ups on the characters\u2019 faces, it\u2019s still unpredictable what they\u2019re really thinking and how they\u2019re going to react. That\u2019s what makes this so fun. Winifred takes a month off to follow his daughter putting her in the most awkward situations to try to get some kind of response, positive or negative. With each encounter, always with the daughter drawing away and rejecting her father, the situations begin to become more and more outrageous and the laughs grow each time he takes to the next level.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This is not only a film about restarting a family relationship, but of self discovery as they go through a series of outrageous situations together. Family relationships are often love\/hate and complicated. Theirs is no different, but Director Karen Ade makes this film hard not<\/i> to watch to see what\u2019s Winifred\/Toni is going to do next. Chances are you might know a tragic clown who goes to great lengths like Toni and have empathy for that person. As funny as this film is, it is also touching. Sit back and enjoy a good adult comedy.<\/p>\n

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