How good is your relationship
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | How good is your relationship |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2019 |
| length | 111 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ralf Westhoff |
| script | Ralf Westhoff |
| production | Ralf Westhoff |
| music | Oliver Thiede |
| camera | Marc Achenbach |
| cut | Uli Schön |
| occupation | |
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How good is your relationship is a German comedy film by the director and producer Ralf Westhoff from 2019 . The film was released in German cinemas at the end of February 2019; The world premiere was on February 24th in Munich , where the work was created.
action
Steve and Carola are around forty, have been a couple for five years and share a table and bed. Both are in the middle of their job, he as a software developer , she in a small advertising agency and seem happy with each other, especially Steve: “I want everything to stay as it is!” But the misfortune of his best friend and colleague Bob, Ivonne's was abandoned because of Harald, a tantra teacher at a more mature age, brings unrest into the ideal world. When even young, inexperienced but self-confident external consultants clouded the climate in Steve's company, at his own expense, he was finally so insecure that questions about his relationship with Carola began to arise in him. He seems to be heading for a midlife crisis , which in turn makes Carola increasingly brooding, who receives not only good advice, but also many reproaches from her best friend Anette, who lives alone.
Discreet and awkwardly uttered, misunderstandings and strange to absurd ideas of the "change" of both protagonists driven by mutual doubts set a fatal development in motion in their relationship. Harald soon plays a central role in it, albeit unintentionally, until both Steve from Carola and Harald from Ivonne are finally abandoned.
In the end, however, not only Steve and Carola find their way back together, but Bob also finds new happiness.
reception
Initial reviews valued the work differently, but tended to be benevolent. Stefan Stosch wrote for the national editorial network Germany : “The dialogues written by screenwriter Westhoff are clever, here and there maybe even a little too clever. (...) But that doesn't matter: Who wants to be presented with low-punch reality in the cinema? "
Martin Schwarz, on the other hand, assessed the following for the Berlin city magazine Zitty : “Despite the coherent figure drawings and the wit of the actors, it is irritating that Steve suddenly seems to be doing without the cornerstones of any relationship: honesty and trust. But only in this somewhat strange way can a turbulent comedy develop, which entertains quite well with situational comedy and empathy for the characters. "
Web links
- How good is your relationship in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- How good is your relationship at filmportal.de
- How good is your relationship at the rental
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for How good is your relationship? Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 187060 / K).
- ↑ How good is your relationship? In: filmportal.de . German Film Institute , accessed on March 2, 2019 .
- ↑ How good is your relationship? Entry at the rental shop. X rental , accessed February 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Stefan Stosch: From kisses and tears - the comedy "How good is your relationship?" Göttinger Tageblatt , February 25, 2019, accessed on February 27, 2019 .
- ↑ How good is your relationship? Zitty , February 26, 2019, accessed February 27, 2019 .