Starting from a song named Bangarang by Skrillex. It brought back some good memories in the beginning of the movie ;P The other soundtracks are quite nice too. This movie was better than I thought. I thought it would be a cliche but actually not. Maybe the little boy, David, has done more things in his 20 years than mine. Lenny's dad has made a nice call.
10 Reviews
David and Lenny
zutterjp4827 June 2020
Some days ago I saw the name of Philip Noah Schwarz (Katie Fforde: Wachgeküsst) and the review mentioned the participation of Philip Noah Schwarz in "Dieses bescheuerte Herz" !! I found this film and immediately I enjoyed it.Recently the German directors have made some films about the ommunity service .In "Die Diebin und der General" a young woman who has committed shoflifting must do a community service in a retirement home where she must take care for the grumpiest old man where stays there.In "Der Kotzbrocken" a young mother who hasn't traffic fee must do a community serive in a desability residencialk center where she has to care with a bad tempered man.There is also the story of "Unser Kindermädchen ist ein Millionär" in which Max Helmer , the son of a very rich family doesn't want to study o participate in the family business and his father sends him to work for some weeks as housekeeper in the house of a siingle mother with many children.Now I go back to "Dieses bescheuerte Herz" !!The story is quite interesting: young man living a careless life (in nightclub with friends), a workaholic father who is doctor.Then an incident : the car in the swimming and the father, very angry decides to put the things in order obliging his son to take care for a young adolescent who has a strong heart disease.Then comes the first encounter and little by little the friendship between Lenny and David.
It's very good with a good mixture of drama and comedy with a touch of humor .When Lenny asks his father what he will do with the boy, his father recomends him a bucket list and the ideas works very well ( the boy begins really to live the life).
The performance of Philip Noah Schwarz and Elyas M'Barek are really great.
Heart by Heart
kosmasp6 January 2022
The heart is quite the curious ... well muscle or organ or whatever you want to call it (I think medically speaking it is closer to a muscle). If broken it is almost impossible to fix. Although who knows what can be done in the future. Right now we have replacement operations and all that. But this is about a deeper issue, about how we live life - about trying to be a better self, no matter our background.
Now this does sound like this might have quite a few cliches ... and it does start quite badly to be honest. I had a hard time to find something to like - it seemed quite forced upon the viewer. But our "ill" character here lightens the mood enough - all the while he has some outbreaks. But outbreaks that make sense. He is young, he doesn't know better. And than the bonding starts ... with some really good dialog - and some heartwarming scenes - no pun intended.
Yes it is quite predictable in where it will go - but it has its heart on its sleave ... ok enough heart puns. But trust me when I tell you, because I tend to be a bit critical when it comes to german dramas of this kind: this actually hits its mark, after a troubled beginning! So don't turn off at first if you feel the same way ... give it a chance.
Now this does sound like this might have quite a few cliches ... and it does start quite badly to be honest. I had a hard time to find something to like - it seemed quite forced upon the viewer. But our "ill" character here lightens the mood enough - all the while he has some outbreaks. But outbreaks that make sense. He is young, he doesn't know better. And than the bonding starts ... with some really good dialog - and some heartwarming scenes - no pun intended.
Yes it is quite predictable in where it will go - but it has its heart on its sleave ... ok enough heart puns. But trust me when I tell you, because I tend to be a bit critical when it comes to german dramas of this kind: this actually hits its mark, after a troubled beginning! So don't turn off at first if you feel the same way ... give it a chance.
This movie changed you
lfilatova8 February 2019
The young son of the doctor has a carefree life. He doesn't lack money and doesn't think about his life. He spent time in nightclubs with friends. At the same time, the teenager lives a completely different life, every day he has to medicine and carry around oxygen. He is forced to face many problems and inconveniences due to his illness. These two different people become friends and their world changes.
Recommend to everyone
LauraChris1114 February 2020
I accidentally found this movie last night, but today morning I watched it. I still can't believe in another amazing story of friendship and taking care for someone. It reminds me of movie "Intouchables" (2011), so I can already say that who watched that one have to this one too :)
Great movie, you have to watch!!!
kaxa_sandodze13 October 2018
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drewbar-3865926 September 2018
Warning: Spoilers
Seen this film recently and while I really enjoyed the story I must say it feels rushed, especially at the beginning, when it's just like "I'm gonna ban all your credit cards if you don't spend your time with this patient of mine", they should've spent more time leading to their meeting instead of extremly long shots of the party.
Even though it is sorta rushed and it's one of movie cliches- "a dying kid and the spoiled rich guy changes his life completely after meeting him", I must say it was beautiful and one of a kind, especially since I didn't expect a happy ending
Not Jeff Bridges level, but still a tolerable movie at times
Horst_In_Translation23 September 2019
Warning: Spoilers
"Dieses bescheuerte Herz" or "This Crazy Heart" is a German movie from 2017, so neither really new but not too old either and it runs for slightly under 105 minutes. It came out for the Christmas holidays that year and was certainly above-average successful commercially for a German movie blending in nicely with what Hollywood had to offer during that time. This of course also had to do with lead actor Elyas M'Barek, who is definitely a crowd magnet these days, also with his F*ck Ju Göhte (guess I have to censor here or imdb won't let me upload this review) franchise and that one had its final chapter released actually really briefly before this one here hit cinemas. So this theatrical release was directed by Marc Rothemund, a fairly successful German filmmaker, even if his more recent works did not impress me too much. But they also were not really on failure level luckily, just nowhere near the level he reached with the Oscar-nominated film on Sophie Scholl and it is a bit sad to see him stoop down to the level of this one we have here looking at the greatness he reached with the one I just mentioned. So yeah, basically this one here is the story of a man around the age of 30 who has nothing on his mind but party all night long and is not interested in working either. And he still (or again) lives with his parents. So there are some parallels to Zeki you could say and also others to Schweiger in Keinohrhasen, but no matter what seems more fitting for you there is not really any denying that this is not the most original plot idea by any means. It's simply been done before and M'Barek is also not the actor with the amount of talent to breathe life into story lines like this. It is really typical for a German movie these days, a mix of comedy and drama that rarely delivers convincingly in any fields. And the romance component shall not miss too of course. But lets stay with the original idea first for now. Anyway, the main character's father, a workaholic doctor decides it is enough after his son crashes the garage or so at their house and tells him he will not get any money anymore before he does something useful, namely spends time with a really sick boy at a local hospice. There again you see the best example of how the film is scared to go for real tragedy/drama and that is typical for German films. Just do not get too serious under any circumstance. And stay 100% politically correct with current trends and tendencies. As far as I know people living at hospices are not too far away from death anymore, but there was never the possibility of the boy dying here really. Then again, the film is based on a novel and I have not read that one, so cannot say how close they stayed to the novel actually.
On a more positive note, I am really not a fan of M'Barek at all I must say, but here he was better than usual. Don't mistake better for good though. It probably helped that his counterpart Philip Noah Schwarz also played his challenging part well and the two had decent chemistry. But the writing was still abysmal at times. Take Uwe Preuss early on: He is a really established and prolific longtime actor working on all kinds of interesting projects these days, actually really baffling to see all he's been in in the last 5-10 years. And the moment he talks to his son early on about what he wants him to do still really felt very forced and scripted and I don't think Preuss is the problem that he lacks range or had bad line delivery, but really how his words were written. As for the characters' actions, it is not any better. The boy is highly depressed and suicidal and aside from the fact if it is a good idea to give him into the care of somebody who knows nothing about the subject, it is really ridiculous how quickly he improves really while spending time with M'Barek's character. And for the latter it is true too because he does not seem to care about anything or anybody early on and how qucikly he changes does not feel too authentic either. Same for smaller characters like the boy's mother who has some really weird views, but seems all too normal and likable all of a sudden. This is really the typical German movie from that approach. A forced happy ending in all departments, also the father-son relationship about the protagonist is totally fixed, M'Barek's character of course gets his love interest too and of course he also goes to medical school towards the end trying to make something of his live. It's so gooey honestly, just too much. Such a shame honestly because there were good moments that let me think the book could have been the basis for a far better movie that maybe would have lured fewer people into cinemas, but then it would have had more cinematic value. Lets call it that. I am referring to the scene when the boy meets the girl with the bouquet of flowers for the first time for example or also when he calls him his brother etc. There are good moments no denying. But overall the fact how generic and cold it all turned out despite how warm it wants to be is just disappointing. They took zero risks, this one is zero daring honestly, they just pulled through with ther program taking the safe route and the outcome all in all is accordingly. I am a bit surprised though that you do not really find too many big name actors here in this one. Honestly, it is the kind of film where I would have expected the likes of Uwe Ochsenknecht and Katja Riemann in supporting roles, but no. I guess they saved money there because they knew with M'Barek leading the field, there is no way this is gonna flop at the box office. And they were right. But this decision is not a problem at all. This movie has way bigger issues in my opinion. The ones I just mentioned. In its better moments, the film deserves a 3 out of 5 and thumbs-up, but these are not frequent enough for the running time, so the weak is more dominant than the strong here and I give "Dieses bescheuerte Herz" a thumbs-down all in all. Luckily, at least it did not molest us with a cheesy or equally unrealistic love story for M'Barek's character as the title could have implied too given the double meaning. But I guess this is also thanks to the original writers and not the screenplay writers. Oh yeah, the song playing at the end during the closing credits was good admittedly. Same about the Halleluja version also near the end when basically everything is solved although the images sure felt cringeworthy, the images that went with this amazing song I mean and the difference in quality between both was painfully obvious. This film again takes itself way more seriously than it has any right to and the (frequently clumsy) shots at comedy or "Galgenhumor" did absolutely not change anything about that. All that is wrong with German cinema (especially (part) comedies or lets say mix of drama and comedy) in a nutshell, even if it does not really hit rock-bottom really. But can you really blame the makers or cast here if it is films like this, other M'Barek projects and of course the Schweighöfer films against which this one here is a triumph, that really get German audiences to the movies. Maybe those who saw this one at the theater (and even worse, thought it was artistic filmmaking) should reconsider. Think again. Don't watch. Thumbs down.
On a more positive note, I am really not a fan of M'Barek at all I must say, but here he was better than usual. Don't mistake better for good though. It probably helped that his counterpart Philip Noah Schwarz also played his challenging part well and the two had decent chemistry. But the writing was still abysmal at times. Take Uwe Preuss early on: He is a really established and prolific longtime actor working on all kinds of interesting projects these days, actually really baffling to see all he's been in in the last 5-10 years. And the moment he talks to his son early on about what he wants him to do still really felt very forced and scripted and I don't think Preuss is the problem that he lacks range or had bad line delivery, but really how his words were written. As for the characters' actions, it is not any better. The boy is highly depressed and suicidal and aside from the fact if it is a good idea to give him into the care of somebody who knows nothing about the subject, it is really ridiculous how quickly he improves really while spending time with M'Barek's character. And for the latter it is true too because he does not seem to care about anything or anybody early on and how qucikly he changes does not feel too authentic either. Same for smaller characters like the boy's mother who has some really weird views, but seems all too normal and likable all of a sudden. This is really the typical German movie from that approach. A forced happy ending in all departments, also the father-son relationship about the protagonist is totally fixed, M'Barek's character of course gets his love interest too and of course he also goes to medical school towards the end trying to make something of his live. It's so gooey honestly, just too much. Such a shame honestly because there were good moments that let me think the book could have been the basis for a far better movie that maybe would have lured fewer people into cinemas, but then it would have had more cinematic value. Lets call it that. I am referring to the scene when the boy meets the girl with the bouquet of flowers for the first time for example or also when he calls him his brother etc. There are good moments no denying. But overall the fact how generic and cold it all turned out despite how warm it wants to be is just disappointing. They took zero risks, this one is zero daring honestly, they just pulled through with ther program taking the safe route and the outcome all in all is accordingly. I am a bit surprised though that you do not really find too many big name actors here in this one. Honestly, it is the kind of film where I would have expected the likes of Uwe Ochsenknecht and Katja Riemann in supporting roles, but no. I guess they saved money there because they knew with M'Barek leading the field, there is no way this is gonna flop at the box office. And they were right. But this decision is not a problem at all. This movie has way bigger issues in my opinion. The ones I just mentioned. In its better moments, the film deserves a 3 out of 5 and thumbs-up, but these are not frequent enough for the running time, so the weak is more dominant than the strong here and I give "Dieses bescheuerte Herz" a thumbs-down all in all. Luckily, at least it did not molest us with a cheesy or equally unrealistic love story for M'Barek's character as the title could have implied too given the double meaning. But I guess this is also thanks to the original writers and not the screenplay writers. Oh yeah, the song playing at the end during the closing credits was good admittedly. Same about the Halleluja version also near the end when basically everything is solved although the images sure felt cringeworthy, the images that went with this amazing song I mean and the difference in quality between both was painfully obvious. This film again takes itself way more seriously than it has any right to and the (frequently clumsy) shots at comedy or "Galgenhumor" did absolutely not change anything about that. All that is wrong with German cinema (especially (part) comedies or lets say mix of drama and comedy) in a nutshell, even if it does not really hit rock-bottom really. But can you really blame the makers or cast here if it is films like this, other M'Barek projects and of course the Schweighöfer films against which this one here is a triumph, that really get German audiences to the movies. Maybe those who saw this one at the theater (and even worse, thought it was artistic filmmaking) should reconsider. Think again. Don't watch. Thumbs down.
We like it!
sztr022810 March 2019
Wonderfull
gianmarcoronconi15 January 2024
This is not a real review, it should be understood more as a collection of impressions on the film.
Some might say that these types of films are easy to attract audiences because it is based on a true story and inside you can see how everyone improves and grows throughout the story, but in my opinion this type of story needs to be told because it truly represents a beautiful and sweet face of cinema and reality. So in my opinion this film must be seen because with great calm and sweetness a story is told which, if told badly, could have been very heavy but is not light and beautiful. In conclusion this is a wonderfull movie.
Some might say that these types of films are easy to attract audiences because it is based on a true story and inside you can see how everyone improves and grows throughout the story, but in my opinion this type of story needs to be told because it truly represents a beautiful and sweet face of cinema and reality. So in my opinion this film must be seen because with great calm and sweetness a story is told which, if told badly, could have been very heavy but is not light and beautiful. In conclusion this is a wonderfull movie.
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