This is not your Heidi style film - neither Klum nor the little one, nor Fleiss. There are no Lederhosen, no moody detectives arresting yet another doctor or architect for the murder of their spouse, no wind instruments anywhere.
Fack ju Goethe is a fast paced high school teaching environment comedy worth watching indeed. The IMDb entry section "People who liked this also liked..." is not far off from the general vibe, so check it out.
As the most popular German film of 2013, it has its own Wikipedia page in English here. Go there for an overview of the plot.
What we liked very much about the movie is its diversity, the children of immigrants angle. The days of the token Turkish or Russian roots actor are over, and it makes for a charming set of characters.
The music, the camera angles, as well as the plot show traits you know well from Hollywood movies and modern British comedy, yet they have their inimitable German moments.
When the main character pokes a hole into the windshield of his vintage BMW 3 Series and the teacher and future love interest gets into the car, her only question is "is this street legal".
And when the class of misfits and rowdies tags and spray paints a whole commuter train, the teacher reminds them to take the empty cans with them for proper disposal as hazardous waste.
Blink, and you miss these four or five word jokes about the psyche of mainstream Germany.
No strenuous attempts at plot credibility stand in the way of your enjoyment. The makers assume you know or don't care that simply putting a surfboard into a car won't poke a nice clean hole into a windshield. Neither would a paint gun wielding teacher be able to shoot at his kids, get them into the classroom in this manner and be able to finish a lesson.
But nobody gets hurt.
Almost nobody.
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