If someone were to ask me what the point of the movie is, I honestly couldn't say. To be honest, after reading the reviews here, I thoroughly expected to hate it. I thought it would be another exploitation film along the lines of Taekwondo: chock-full of attractive, oft-nude guys doing little to nothing for far too long a run-time. I was in for a surprise.
The story follows Jonas and his best friend Phil on a trip through the German countryside. If you're expecting a film about best friends falling in love along the way, that's not what happens here. At least, not quite. During their travels, they meet Boris: a youth from Poland, also exploring the countryside. He joins them in their van and shenanigans ensue. There is a fair bit of unnecessary and unimpressive nudity but nothing as bad as I feared based on previous reviews(at least compared to Taekwondo) and there's only one graphic shot of someone urinating.
This movie is rather ridiculous and pointless but I feel like that's the charm of it. The first part of the film is basically just Phil getting on Jonas' nerves, which I empathized with, and not much else happens until they meet Boris. That's when the dynamic changes and Phil's sexuality comes into play. Boris himself is a strange character prone to randomness. One minute he's tearing his pants off during an angry yet hilarious rant about Phil wanting to have sex with him and the next, he's flirting with Phil. Shortly thereafter, they consummate their attraction and then Jonas starts feeling like the third wheel. Or is it more than that? Truth be told, to the very end I was left wondering whether what subsequently unfolded happened because Jonas really wanted to be with Phil, and didn't realize that until he had competition, or he just wanted Phil to himself again. An argument can be made for either since the film provides very little conclusive evidence. Phil even asks but all Jonas does is smile.
As I said before, I didn't expect to like this movie and saying that I did might be a stretch but I didn't hate it. Was it enjoyable? Strangely, yes. It was entertaining, if only because it was so silly and kept surprising me with how much sillier it could get. And since it was short, it didn't feel like a complete waste of my time. If that's what the director was going for, then they succeeded.
The story follows Jonas and his best friend Phil on a trip through the German countryside. If you're expecting a film about best friends falling in love along the way, that's not what happens here. At least, not quite. During their travels, they meet Boris: a youth from Poland, also exploring the countryside. He joins them in their van and shenanigans ensue. There is a fair bit of unnecessary and unimpressive nudity but nothing as bad as I feared based on previous reviews(at least compared to Taekwondo) and there's only one graphic shot of someone urinating.
This movie is rather ridiculous and pointless but I feel like that's the charm of it. The first part of the film is basically just Phil getting on Jonas' nerves, which I empathized with, and not much else happens until they meet Boris. That's when the dynamic changes and Phil's sexuality comes into play. Boris himself is a strange character prone to randomness. One minute he's tearing his pants off during an angry yet hilarious rant about Phil wanting to have sex with him and the next, he's flirting with Phil. Shortly thereafter, they consummate their attraction and then Jonas starts feeling like the third wheel. Or is it more than that? Truth be told, to the very end I was left wondering whether what subsequently unfolded happened because Jonas really wanted to be with Phil, and didn't realize that until he had competition, or he just wanted Phil to himself again. An argument can be made for either since the film provides very little conclusive evidence. Phil even asks but all Jonas does is smile.
As I said before, I didn't expect to like this movie and saying that I did might be a stretch but I didn't hate it. Was it enjoyable? Strangely, yes. It was entertaining, if only because it was so silly and kept surprising me with how much sillier it could get. And since it was short, it didn't feel like a complete waste of my time. If that's what the director was going for, then they succeeded.