Just don't get excited!
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Just don't get excited! |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2015 |
| length | 90 minutes |
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| Director | Thomas Jahn |
| script | Stefan Rogall |
| production | Warner Bros. Germany |
| music | Boris Salchow |
| camera | Thomas Jahn |
| cut | Sebastian Bonde |
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Just don't get excited! is a German television comedy from 2015. Leonard Lansink plays an insurance employee who defends himself against the adversities of life.
action
The day doesn't start well for Paul Schneider, a conscientious insurance employee. His car has not yet been repaired, the ticket machine at the S-Bahn station does not work and a street musician annoys him with his music on the train. He is promptly caught dodging. When he arrives at the bank, his sleazy colleague Ingo makes fun of him again. He only gets along well with his new colleague Luisa.
Paul tries to take care of his customers' problems with dedication, while Ingo pushes a quiet ball and prefers to flirt with colleagues. When the young customer Kevin turns out to be a "social parasite", provokes and touches Paul, Paul has to push him away. Ingo sees his chance to capitalize on this. Paul receives a warning and is supposed to apologize to Kevin about the image. In addition, Paul learns that car repairs are going to be much more expensive and that he is not getting any credit from his bank - exactly from the bank that once ripped him off with a super savings fund. Paul has to change something, he wants to defend himself against injustices.
He goes to the young lawyer Aylin for support. But the apology meeting with Kevin and his parents goes completely wrong and the internal hearing at the insurance company results in the termination for image reasons. Here Paul once again notices the double standard of insurance, which enriches itself with the little ones' money, whereas solidarity is a sign of weakness. Paul insists on saying this. When Paul later meets Kevin, this brings them both to the police station. There they meet Jost, the bank clerk who refused Paul the loan. Jost slapped his boss in the face after he fired him for having a conflict of conscience over the machinations of his bank. Jost has information that the upcoming charity event will be used to smuggle donations past the tax; however, he cannot prove it. With those involved (Paul, Jost, Aylin, but also Kevin) the plan is germinating to use the charity event to make their voice heard.
With the help of Paul's neighbor Timur and the chance acquaintance between Kevin and a doorman, the four of them can sneak into the building of the event. Ingo is there together with Luisa, Ingo curls up with the bosses. Paul and the others go on stage and denounce the behavior of the companies. You are led away, Ingo cheers. The next day it turns out that the public prosecutor has intervened. There are already criminal investigations into tax evasion, but after the action on the lecture, civil law claims from the donors are likely to follow. These are actually already in front of the office's door. All parties involved decide to help the new client together.
Restructuring is pending due to the resignation of the head of the insurance company. Ingo is firmly convinced that he will finally climb the career ladder, but to his surprise he has to learn that Luisa will be his new boss and that he will remain in his position. Paul, on the other hand, meets the ticket inspector on the S-Bahn, something seems to be happening between them.
background
The film was first broadcast on May 19, 2015 on ZDF .
reception
The lexicon of international films writes: “In the main role, a well-played, otherwise too simply constructed (television) comedy with a social message and simplified characters. The unbroken grip into the stereotype box destroys any critical approach. "
Tilmann P. Gangloff describes the film on tittelbach.tv as a "demanding ZDF comedy with" Wilsberg "star Leonard Lansink as an insurance clerk who no longer wants to accept that his employer cheats on ordinary people." Lansink's role in particular is praised: “The main character of the drama“ Just don't get excited! ”Is a great role, especially since it gives Lansink the opportunity to show different facets than in his star role. Wilsberg usually only says the bare essentials; the private detective stands for certain moral and humanistic values, but he doesn't talk about them much. "Even if the other roles are not so differentiated, Lansink is" all the more worth seeing and hearing. "
Web links
- Just don't get excited! in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Tilmann P. Gangloff : TV film "Nur nicht aufregen!" In: tittelbach.tv . 2015, accessed August 21, 2020 .
- ↑ Don't get upset! In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed on August 21, 2020 .