Turkish for Beginners
Turkish for Beginners
| 04 April 2012 (USA)
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During an emergency landing on a deserted island suddenly traumatized by antiauthoritarian education Lena Schneider (Josefine Preuss) together with the Turkish Super Macho Cem Öztürk (Elyas M'Barek) must fight for survival. After initially Cem macho repulsive acts on Lena, a jellyfish in the water and sand in a bikini, she recognizes the time the romantic core behind his cool facade. Meanwhile, meet also their parents, who obdurate psychologist Doris (Anna Stieblich) and Metin Öztürk (Adnan Maral) to work together to find their missing children. So both generations take an involuntary Turkish Basic Course for beginners.

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Titreenp

SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

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FuzzyTagz

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

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Mandeep Tyson

The acting in this movie is really good.

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Edwin

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

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Falconeer

I really liked the TV show; it was funny, and sweet, and mostly realistic. Everything came together in a believable way, and the slowly developing relationship between Cem & Lena was actually romantic.This awful movie is NONE of those things. The entire story has been changed, and Cem and Lena meet on a tropical island after their plane to Thailand crashes in the Indian Ocean. The two families just happen to be on the same plane. The movie is a poorly realized gimmick, that takes the same actors/characters from a much loved TV series, and recreates their entire history. For fans it is a slap in the face, and I cannot imagine any fan of the show not HATING this stupid movie. The comedy is so unfunny that I felt embarrassed for the actors, and the music is cheesy and terrible too. Oh, and the 'romance' has been replaced with sexual attraction. What worked on television does not work on the big screen. I guess this is what happens when you condense a long story into 90 minutes. On a side note, I used to like the actor Elyas M'Barek. After this one, not so much; they made a fool of him in this one. And Costa, my favorite character from the show, is called a "retard" more than 50 times, by everyone in the cast. The real Cem from the series would never have made fun of his best friends speech problem. This whole production is just cheesy, sleazy and disgusting..

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Cecilia Hysteria

The acting was nice, not too enjoyable, but still nice. The story was pretty plain, but in a good way, thought, I don't remember how it started, so I have no idea what to say about that strange old(?) lady with blonde hair and her transition into the main story.To me, the characters were very interesting, but not enough to remember their names. The main cast (as I understand - the 2 males and 2 females) was different enough to enjoy them. Overall (not like I said much anyway), the movie was funny enough for me, but to be honest, I wouldn't suggest it to anyone else.

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Quadruplex

First, the good news: If you are into men - Elyas M'Barek walks through most of the movie bare-chested; in a few scenes bare-assed.The bad news is: This doesn't help this bomb. The story line is: Turkish boy meets German girl, boy's dad meets girl's mother. Before the two prospective couples live happily ever after, they have to wade through a pile of the lowest, most vulgar clichés about Germans and Turks you can dream up.M'Barek's character is a male chauvinist pig from the books. He treats his sister like a piece of junk, he yells and bullies most of the time, he starts fights - a real macho. Josefine Preuß' character is an indecisive, post-pubescent, hare-brained bitch. This is supposedly non-PC. Unfortunately, it's also unfunny.So: Unless you are a stickler for prejudice from the stone age - don't buy or watch this flick. It's a complete waste of time.

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Titan K

Stay away from this movie except you want to learn something about (the non-existence of) German humor(e.g. for social-anthropological investigations). I don't know how one could put more stereotypes, idiotic clichés and stupidity in a movie. Why are German movies rarely funny? Do they have bad screenwriters? Or do they lack the ability to pick the right ones? I don't know. It seems to me, however, that there is a huge marked for good screenwriters.An advice for those who are forced to watch this movie: Keep in mind that someone tried to be funny! The fact that they miserably failed can be mildly entertaining.

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