7/10
Charming German Space Balls. Some Offensive Stereotypes.
12 June 2005
Take German version of "Space Balls" Star Wars parody. Add silly gay Star Trek jokes every 2 minutes. Add a negative stereotypical dopey black American-or-Jamaican janitor-spy who exists to 1) ostentatiously polish the other characters chairs and 2) ostentatiously forget what he's supposed to report, and is never seen again. I guess that's still OK to do in Germany. Throw in some references to Back to the Future films, 2001, Spamalot, ... The plain old Star Wars type effects made me remember how much I prefer the effects in Star Wars to the more recent Star Wars films. I was wincing during the first 15 minutes or so but my resistance wore down a little - particularly due to the polish, and the likability of the characters / actors. There were definitely some laughs. Of course I was in the middle of a packed theater of people who were eating it up.
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