Better than school

Movie
Original title	Better than school
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	2004
length	90 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Simon X. Rost
script	Anja Lürenbaum ; Christoph Bob Konrad
production	Stefan Reiss ; Frank Kaminski ; Ulrich Stiehm ; Florian Rederer
music	Thorsten Puttenat
camera	Stefan Unterberger
cut	Oliver Keidel ; Carina Mergens
occupation
	Eric Benz : Steven Dorfmeister; Gabriel Andrade : Gonzo Venturino; Melanie Wichterich : Dana Fischer; Thorsten Feller : Marc; Waldemar Kobus : Ralph; Philip Hagmann : Jack; Renata Do Rego : Chrissie Venturino; Peter Rauch : Rector Habelschwerter; Martin Reinhold : David; Camilla Renschke : Susan Steen;

Better than school is a German teen film comedy that was released in cinemas on April 29, 2004 and was also shown on Bavarian television in 2005 . The film received financial support from the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM) , the Filmstiftung NRW and the Filmförderungsanstalt. The main actors Eric Benz , Gabriel Andrade , Thorsten Feller and Melanie Wichterich had previously appeared in various soaps .

action

The film is about Steven (Eric Benz), who fell in love with Dana (Melanie Wichterich). This in turn only has eyes for the pop star Marc (Thorsten Feller), whom his manager sends back to school because he thinks this is a good PR gag.

criticism

"A teen comedy with numerous references to TV soaps, which charges its clichéd plot with a pseudo-critical reflection on youth culture, but tries to use the set pieces only for a pure marketing strategy."

- Lexicon of international film

“It couldn't be worse! The directorial debut of Simon X. Rost, once a commercial filmmaker and freelance editor for the "Harald Schmidt Show", who probably wanted to target his first love in the times of the star cult, is flat, trite and badly staged. In contrast to credible teenage films like “ The Class of '99 ”, “ School ” or “ Crazy ”, Rost's protagonists don't feel the fluctuations in their feelings. That is certainly also due to the unbelievable script of the duo Anja Detzner and Christoph Bob Konrad. "

- prism

Web links

Better than school in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Better than school at Filmportal.de

Individual evidence

[1] Better than school. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .

[2] Better than school , prisma.de