Love Film depicts a typical love story with all of it's expected trials and tribulations in the modern age. The film is far from perfect, and the main issue with it is the shallow approach it takes to it's characters: The story starts in a very sudden way without giving us a proper introduction to the characters. This creates a distance that lingers through much of the movie, making it hard to care about what is going on with our lead (Lenzi), or even sympathizing much with his troubles.
Lenzi's other relationships and hallucinations were never properly explored or explained, even though there was potential there.
I feel like this movie could have been a lot better if the writer sat with it more, added another 10-15 minutes to the runtime and gave more depth to the interactions and the characters and let us get to know them better. The actors - particularly the one playing Ira - did the best with what they were given, and I thought they did a good job.
But the story was so surface level, ultimately it felt like a waste to watch.
Love Film
2018 [GERMAN]
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Plot summary
Lenz is a daydreamer. Charming, visionary and – as it is good manners for a thirty-year-old in Berlin – radically incapable of decision making. After an intense party night, Lenz wakes up next to Ira, completely deranged. Lenz is in love. As well as Ira. The summer of love begins: fooling through the nights of Berlin, beers at the canal, talks about sex and childhood. Everything is beautiful. Up until the moment when Ira asks this one question that changes everything: „Do you want to have kids?“ Now is the time for Lenz to do what he knows best, when things get tricky. He runs off. Anchorless, he stumbles through the summer and has to take up with the heroes of his daydreams, who keep examining him about his feelings. Meanwhile, his friend Kenn covers Lenz with affectionate incomprehension. When autumn arrives, Ira eventually confronts Lenz and he has to face the big “whatsoever”.
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March 10, 2023 at 11:17 AM