8/10
Loyal adaptation
19 July 2018
Exceptionally well made movie adaptation based on Ralph König's books "Der Bewegte Mann" and "Pretty Baby". It is true as some have pointed out that this movie is rather hostile towards women and shows gay men as garish caricatures but that is exactly the point, that has always been König's style and any sort of tuning down or added political corectness would have pretty much destroyed the entire idea. Constant fireworks of witticisms definitely suffers when or if the movie is subtitled but that is unfortunately the case with many films, not just this one and I doubt there is much to do about it unless you're willing to learn German and even then the basics you learn in school might not be enough. Reading the aforementioned comics might help though as this adaptation is very loyal to the original text.
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