Take a locally popular author's new novel, make another sequel out of it, pick the usual suspects for the lead roles, and you got yourself another run-of-the-mill Austrian movie.
Hader is good as Brenner, even though the whole "i am so depressed life is so hopeless" thing feels exaggerated at times.
Düringer is okay as Köck, his performance suiting one of the one- dimensional quirky characters he is used to playing
Moretti is downright embarrassing as Aschenbrenner, failing hilariously in his attempts at a Styrian accent in some scenes, while not even bothering to try in others.
The whole story is pretty predictable, only getting less predictable from the sloppy choice of actors - the "twist" of Maritschi being Dr. Irrsiegler's mother is hard to foresee, since in the back-flashes she is almost as tall as the men, while being much shorter when she is old - obviously not being the same person. Dr. Irrsiegler is obviously German, not Austrian (she does not even attempt to try to speak the local dialect, and just generally looks 100% German), so one would not expect her to be grown and raised in Graz.
Altogether the whole movie seems to have been put together without much effort or polish, relying on the usual big names in Austria pulling the crowd in the cinemas. It feels lazy and mediocre, and it is only because of the solid script and charming performance of Hader as Brenner that it does not feel like wasted time to watch it.
5/10.
Hader is good as Brenner, even though the whole "i am so depressed life is so hopeless" thing feels exaggerated at times.
Düringer is okay as Köck, his performance suiting one of the one- dimensional quirky characters he is used to playing
Moretti is downright embarrassing as Aschenbrenner, failing hilariously in his attempts at a Styrian accent in some scenes, while not even bothering to try in others.
The whole story is pretty predictable, only getting less predictable from the sloppy choice of actors - the "twist" of Maritschi being Dr. Irrsiegler's mother is hard to foresee, since in the back-flashes she is almost as tall as the men, while being much shorter when she is old - obviously not being the same person. Dr. Irrsiegler is obviously German, not Austrian (she does not even attempt to try to speak the local dialect, and just generally looks 100% German), so one would not expect her to be grown and raised in Graz.
Altogether the whole movie seems to have been put together without much effort or polish, relying on the usual big names in Austria pulling the crowd in the cinemas. It feels lazy and mediocre, and it is only because of the solid script and charming performance of Hader as Brenner that it does not feel like wasted time to watch it.
5/10.