"Meine schöne Bescherung" is a German 90-minute movie from 2007, so this one will have its 10th anniversary next year. It was directed by Vanessa Jopp and the screenplay comes from a trio of writers. The cast includes a couple famous names, especially if you have an interest in German cinema and Martina Gedeck is even known abroad to some extent. I will not talk about the other actors, you can check the cast list if you want to know about them, but many of them are prolific and successful. The story here is a woman invites all her ex-husbands (and fathers of her children) for Christmas where she plans to announce that she is pregnant again, with Ferch's character allegedly being the dad. Too bad the latter has decided he wants no more children and not old his wife that he got rid off his ability to make children. So who is the daddy? One of the previous men? Or somebody else altogether? Watch for yourself.
Apart from this core development, there are side stories about unfaithfulness, neglected feelings, what the kids think of all this, cheating and even homosexuality. In my opinion this comedy movie with minor dramatic aspects tried to deliver in too many areas for its own good and I also must say I personally did not find the comedy too funny. Yes the actors in here are quite known, but the likes of Ferch have rarely shown great range or have really disappeared in character. But the main reason here is the mediocre script. The interactions rarely felt interesting and the film ends on a really low note when all the previous struggles apparently won't matter anymore and everybody is sitting together in harmony again to celebrate Christmas. this final shot makes basically everything that happened before look completely pointless and this film is a perfect example of how realism is sacrificed for a completely ridiculous feel-good happy ending. The entire screenplay is a case of too many cooks spoiling the broth. There are a handful fine moments, but it's not enough. I don't recommend the watch. Thumbs down.
Apart from this core development, there are side stories about unfaithfulness, neglected feelings, what the kids think of all this, cheating and even homosexuality. In my opinion this comedy movie with minor dramatic aspects tried to deliver in too many areas for its own good and I also must say I personally did not find the comedy too funny. Yes the actors in here are quite known, but the likes of Ferch have rarely shown great range or have really disappeared in character. But the main reason here is the mediocre script. The interactions rarely felt interesting and the film ends on a really low note when all the previous struggles apparently won't matter anymore and everybody is sitting together in harmony again to celebrate Christmas. this final shot makes basically everything that happened before look completely pointless and this film is a perfect example of how realism is sacrificed for a completely ridiculous feel-good happy ending. The entire screenplay is a case of too many cooks spoiling the broth. There are a handful fine moments, but it's not enough. I don't recommend the watch. Thumbs down.