"Ein Ferienhaus in Schottland" is a (despite the title) German television film from 2008, so this one is already over a decade old. It runs for approximately 1.5 hours like they usually do. The director is really prolific filmmaker Marco Serafini and his two writers are Oesterlin and Schellack. The latter two are not as prolific as the director, but their bodies of work are pretty self-explanatory. Stupid romantic nonsense wherever you look. Same is true for the director. He has probably the same amount of failure, but as his body of work is not as small as those that belong to the two writers, you could say he is minimally more talented. Nonetheless I kinda refuse to use the word "talent" when it comes to anything that has to do with this movie. Yes, it is this bad. Actually, they made three films in 2008 that with "Ein Ferienhaus in" followed by a title. One of the others even takes us to a different continent. Anyway, it is kinda typical. Maybe, if you know about German (television) movies, you have come across "Ein Sommer in" or "Eiine Liebe in" followed by a city/country and these films are the exact same like this one here. Stupid romantic garbage. As for the cast: Even I as a German film buff struggle with recognizing any of the actors this time. Zich and Baumgartner sound somehow familiar I guess. But none of their performances in here make me thing that I missed out on something. Then again, the script is definitely the key problem. However, you can (and should) still blame the actors for accepting to appear in this travesty.
Okay what do we have here? A couple is about to get married and they invite everybody to said house in Scotland to spend a fun time before the wedding. Of course, things do not turn out as much fun as expected. The bride-to-be meets a former love interest from her teenage years and wonders if she still has feelings for him. That one is of course very different to the steady husband-in-waiting. One cringeworthy moment there when she says at the table that she met an old friend and her daddy disagrees and says there was more between them which does not make the husband too happy of course. So father-in-law does not like the husband too much. Of course, this conflict is solved as well out of nowhere towards the end. And said father-in-law gets his own story as he realizes that the considerably younger woman he is with is not the one he wants, but he still has feelings for his former partner, the mother of the bride. The latter is of course totally overwhelmed by that, says first that she cannot do it, but eventually (again in the sense of an unrealistic pseudo happy ending) indicates that she is stll interested in him too. The groom's mother has her own demons with her as we find out, mostly while she is hanging out with the bride's mother. That is pretty much it. A gigantic mess of relationship hullabaloo that feels all for the sake of it and never authentic. The worst is that they actually took themselves so seriously and pretended that they are indeed coming up with a high quality family drama while (because of the absence of talent everywhere) reality is that this film is a joke and not a good one. Here are there is a moment when it was so bad it was actually funny, but yeah they indeed want this movie to be taken seriously. Ridiculous stuff. This is also emphasized by the really over-the-top soundtrack, also in terms of volume. Andreas Slavik deserves a mention here for sure for how much he messed up, especially because hs is not credited on the main page. He shall not be forgotten because he contributed his fair share to this becoming a gigantic failure for sure. Good to see he never worked on another soundtrack after this film. Surprising to see he actually worked with some talented artists during his younger years (Pet Shop Boys and Isaac hayes for example) and he came from a totally different direction. At the end of my review I want to make a connection to the end of the movie when we also get the pseudo important argument between the two central characters where they question their wedding (and marriage) and of course the really simple viewer should think "oh no maybe they will break up too. Please not!" I applaud everybody who sees through this charade. And the charade that this film is as a whole. Don't be fooled by moments when the groom's mother enters the bedroom of their son and his fiancée while they are making out. This is not light comedy, this is not authentic drama. This is just a disgustingly bad movie that should absolutely not be shown anymore. Highly not recommended.
Okay what do we have here? A couple is about to get married and they invite everybody to said house in Scotland to spend a fun time before the wedding. Of course, things do not turn out as much fun as expected. The bride-to-be meets a former love interest from her teenage years and wonders if she still has feelings for him. That one is of course very different to the steady husband-in-waiting. One cringeworthy moment there when she says at the table that she met an old friend and her daddy disagrees and says there was more between them which does not make the husband too happy of course. So father-in-law does not like the husband too much. Of course, this conflict is solved as well out of nowhere towards the end. And said father-in-law gets his own story as he realizes that the considerably younger woman he is with is not the one he wants, but he still has feelings for his former partner, the mother of the bride. The latter is of course totally overwhelmed by that, says first that she cannot do it, but eventually (again in the sense of an unrealistic pseudo happy ending) indicates that she is stll interested in him too. The groom's mother has her own demons with her as we find out, mostly while she is hanging out with the bride's mother. That is pretty much it. A gigantic mess of relationship hullabaloo that feels all for the sake of it and never authentic. The worst is that they actually took themselves so seriously and pretended that they are indeed coming up with a high quality family drama while (because of the absence of talent everywhere) reality is that this film is a joke and not a good one. Here are there is a moment when it was so bad it was actually funny, but yeah they indeed want this movie to be taken seriously. Ridiculous stuff. This is also emphasized by the really over-the-top soundtrack, also in terms of volume. Andreas Slavik deserves a mention here for sure for how much he messed up, especially because hs is not credited on the main page. He shall not be forgotten because he contributed his fair share to this becoming a gigantic failure for sure. Good to see he never worked on another soundtrack after this film. Surprising to see he actually worked with some talented artists during his younger years (Pet Shop Boys and Isaac hayes for example) and he came from a totally different direction. At the end of my review I want to make a connection to the end of the movie when we also get the pseudo important argument between the two central characters where they question their wedding (and marriage) and of course the really simple viewer should think "oh no maybe they will break up too. Please not!" I applaud everybody who sees through this charade. And the charade that this film is as a whole. Don't be fooled by moments when the groom's mother enters the bedroom of their son and his fiancée while they are making out. This is not light comedy, this is not authentic drama. This is just a disgustingly bad movie that should absolutely not be shown anymore. Highly not recommended.