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"Die göttliche Sophie - Das Findelkind" is a German television film from 2011, so soon this one will have its 10th anniversary or maybe it had this one already depending on when you read this review. It runs for 90 minutes like pretty much all German television films do and as you can see from the title this is a sequel to another movie about Sophie from a few years earlier. That one already had its10th anniversary I believe. Anyway, I watched it years ago and it was not a particularly good film. Neither is this one here it must be said, even if luckily they managed to avoid a further decline in quality and this one here is not a failure or so. This has mostly to do with the fact that they gave most of the screen time to Jan Fedder (Großstadtrevier) and not to Michaela May, who plays the title character Sophie. Great choice. The latter is as bland and forgettable as it gets and Fedder at least can build on making an impact through charisma and comedic talent with his Hamburger Schnauze. He had some okay moments like also at the very end when he sings "Junge komm bald wieder", a pretty nice song admittedly. And the guy who sings with them and plays another memboer of the church, the one who always struggles to cope with Fedder's character's shenanigans because the latter is also a priest, but lets say not the most traditional. As for the story, it was not fulfilling. They did get the director and writer back from the previous film, but quality-wise it does not really show. Luckily Sebastian Bezzel is on board and he is way too good for this kind of movies as he has shown us in his own comedy cop film series. Or is still showing us as new installments are being made. Anyway back to this one here. You can see from the title that there is a foundling in this film, one that appears right at the very beginning and from that moment on, it is the protagonists' task to find out who is the mother and why did she give her baby away. So there is a bit of suspense too, but it is all pretty light and comedic, never drama, even if leaving behind one's kid is a serious act. The mostg serious other than that that happens is that we find out about one character cheating on his wife. Nothing to be proud of either, but like I said it is alll handled in a light way. Even at only 90 minutes, it felt way too long and they could have cut a lot here, like kept the film at one hour pretty much without all the weaker scenes. A lot in here was forgettable, but yeah like I said films considerably shorter than 90 minutes for German television is really very very rare. Or actually, in general, not just German television. Okay that would be all then. Seems as if the series ended with this movie as a duology and that is alright because if we are really honest the forgettable moments here were far more frequent than the memorable moments. If there were any at all. Nonetheless I am glad that Fedder was on board because he elevated the material many times and given how the character was written, probably nobody else could have done a better job. That's all. Oh yeah, not completely. I definitely want to say thatg despite how cute baby kittens are, you cannot distract us from making a weak movie by showing those several times, especially at the end, so we forgot about all the mediocrity before the closing credits roll in. This is a film that is shown here and there on German afternoon television (just like it was today) and well honestly, this is the only place where it belongs. Not recommended.