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"Ich heirate meine Frau", which means "I marry my wife", is a German television film from 2007, so this one is also already way over a decade old now and it is the sequel to "Der Traum vom Süden" from 3 years earlier. Most of the actors are back again to reprise their roles. The only exception is Elke who was played by another actress in here. Hollinderbäumer is also out of the picture, which basically only leaves Wepper, von Weitershausen and Mues, who was only for seconds in the first film, so yeah I must take that back as it is basically just the two in the lead, but they are enough for this sequel to be made. And you can add to that Nadja Tiller (almost an icon here in Germany and she turned 90 this year), who plays the female protagonist's mother, as well as Peter Sattmann, another very experienced actor who plays an Arab surprisingly. Also writer Ammon and director Kabisch reunite again. So the Wallners are back from their unsuccessful journey to Spain where they intended to move and spend their retirement years in the first film, but now they are in Germany again. The mother is working out a lot at her daughter's bakery, basically running the business eventually, which does not make the daughter too happy, but this is just a side-plot. I guess you can call von Weiterhausen's character a workaholic here. On the contrary, Wepper's character is really not fulfilled at all and does not know exactly what to do with his time. That is why for the main part of the film he spends fighting for his wife (well what his character understands as fighting) when she meets a very charming customer from Saudi-Arabia who orders no less than 500 gateuas for an important wedding ceremony. And the two grow closer, so just like in the first film there is a jealousy story line and that the protagonists' marriage could be in danger because of that. But the dad does not get a love interest this time. This would have been too much then I suppose, too similar to the first. Also back are the two blonde twins who I must say I thought were really annoying with how they seem a bit like Max and Moritz. LLuckily they have never acted in a film before or after that according to imdb. Okay what else can I say about this one. I guess Tiller overall did fine with what she was given. Sadly it must be said that script-wise this film is equally weak as the first, but the cast somehow keeps it from becoming a failure. Then again if the writer-director team is made up by people whose biggest career achievements include "Das Traumschiff" and "Rote Rosen", both really trash, then that says it all. One of the worst examples of the writing in 1.5-hour film here is perhaps how the son at the very end completely out of nowhere leaves the country to move together with his new girlfriend, apparently one they did not even know before the family I mean. So that hardly makes any sense, especially as she must mean a lot to him if he considers that. There are many other slightly cringeworthy moments related to the plot in here, some related to the key story, others linked to side plots. You will know what I mean when you see them. No need to go into detail. Way too many for a 90-minute film anyway. So yeah, it was not really necessary for this sequel to be made. It may not be worse than the first, but that is just because the first was also not exactly a revelation and if I say this did not turn out worse than I expected, then you can see how low my expectations were (also given the cringeworthy title that is simply not smart at all and surely not as funny as it wants to be). You can definitely say that von Weitershausen and Wepper hold it together sort of. Especially the latter is always a welcome addition for me. I like him more than his brother. At the end, their two character renew their marriage oath, so it really is a super happy ending (not unexpected of course), certainly happier than the one in the film before that. And this sheer happiness also indicates that it is highly unlikely there will be a third film and with time passed now, it's 99.9% safe to say this is not going to be a trilogy. Good news. This one here gets a thumbs-down from me too. Not recommended.