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Männer zum Knutschen (2012)
great comedy with a very sexy and talented lead actor
Robert Hasfogel's Men to Kiss is a wildly amusing, sitcom-y, flick made much better by the central performance of its co-writer, Frank Christian Marx—who bears a resemblance to Jon Hamm.
In this crazycrackers German comedy, Ernst (Marx), a straight-laced banker, falls hard for the nutty tres-gay Tobias (Udo Lutz)—but the situation becomes uber complicated when Ernst's best friend Uta (a delightfully unhinged Alexandra Starnitzky) arrives in Berlin and, quite literally, threatens Tobias' life if he doesn't leave Ernst.
Hasfogel choreographs the zaniness nicely and has cast the ensemble with a potpourri of bizarre types. Udo Lutz does his best to play what is a very cartoony character. Ditto, Starnitzky.
The wackiness of certain moments and situations keeps the audience laughing while the delectable Marx keeps the proceedings grounded with an honest and heartfelt portrayal of a clueless guy trying to bring his boyfriend and best friend together, not realizing that one of them is a thundering loon.