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5/10
Very german
Tobbes8 September 2020
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The story, as the title implies, is a variation on the common Bonnie and Clyde theme. The setting of this movie, a lesbian relationship with a wild girl and a cultural family background, where this is not allowed, could have brought some fresh air to it. Alas, it did not. All too much cliche hinders the story and for me, a typical german ending kills it altogether. This last statement is a question of taste, of course, but I really am very tired of the "bad ending". The "Hollywood ending" seems to be so notorious within the german filmmaking community, especially the independent, more artistic scene, that every story seems to end in a worst case scenario, just to show that this particular filmmaker did not write that hated Hollywood ending. The effect of this is equally predictable as the "always good" ending, as every story ends in catastrophe and despair. Sure, they try to redeem that with some final scene that shows strength and autonomy in the face of the past events, but it still leaves a sour taste. So, sorry for the long rant, but this kind of filmmaking angers me more and more. That kind of perspective on every story (this isn't going to end well...), be it fictional or real, is very german, and to this German, this is very frustrating.
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7/10
Very beautiful movie!!
melpolymerturk-3475419 January 2021
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Very beautiful movie!! But I live in Greece and I can not see this movie
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6/10
Good chemistry
TheWatcheroo28 May 2022
Decent enough spin on the familiar storyline with nice performances from, and good chemistry between, Emma Drogunova and Sarah Mahita in the lead roles. The development of the character backstories was weighted heavily to the younger of the "Bonnies" played by Drogunova with very little time spent on exploring why Mahita's Bonnie is the person she is today. It would have been nice to have evened this up a bit by having more time spent understanding the older Bonnie's story. Other than this, worth the watch.
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1/10
Another one of THESE movies
heyejar18 September 2021
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Another one of these movies where the lesbian dies at the end. That trope was lame 10 years ago and still is nowadays.

The writing was terrible, but thats to expect for a german movie. The actors did their best with what they had to work with. Mosts lines were super cringey and felt like they were forced to say them.

Would have given a star or two more if they would have gotten a happy ending because that would be actually a fresh turn for a change.

Lesbians watching movies like this kinda expect that they see other Lesbians die on the screen and its kinda hilarious how they are still correct and film makers still live in that little bubble where they think they are surprising with that turn of events. Its about time some young fresh non brain dead Ladies take that film making bizz away from the boring old white men.
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3/10
German trash, as usually
ecom-bkl31 October 2021
This Movie sucks. Nothing in it feels real. Let alone the female leading role. Hey come on. She plays a 17 year old. But the actor is visible older, Emma D. Was 24 while shooting that film.

Its all so cringe, predictable, bad. Ok, we have some nice girl to girl scenes, some hot kisses... but the whole family background story, it is unreal and bad scripted. The social media hype- never never never that way. And for the ending: this is ridiculous, pathetic dumbness. Police would never act like they do here. And the pathetic Dialogue- It's all way over the top...

I wonder why german films must be so trashy. Maybe its because german public tv stations co produce nearly every film.... that leads to nothing good....
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10/10
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Saweetie_5-991 March 2021
Great Movie !!! The end was sad, but, on the whole it was amazing.
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10/10
Don't understand all the bad reviews
maybex-0921026 May 2022
Yeees okay, it's probably not a ten (just trying to balance out all the negative reviews) - but I'd sure give it aaatleast a 7.5.

Yep, it's a little bit over the top, not everything is 100% realistic, still I do think that they illustrate the dilemma of a cultural background which condemns one's sexual orientation very well. I felt for Yara and I really really wanted her to be happy. And I cried many many tears - which for me is always a good sign, if a movie manages to do that, at least there's some emotion in it.

This movie probably won't be a revealation, it's a teen movie - but it's fast paced and exciting, and it makes you happy and sad and I don't regret watching it!
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