"At the end of the lie" is one of these German 90-minute television movies which are fairly forgettable. The best thing about it is probably that they did nod include a cringeworthy love story here as well just for the sake of it. The film deals with the relationship between two sisters, one of whom the biological mother to a teenage daughter. The daughter, however, believes that the other sister is her mother. The real mother tends to step more and more into the lives of the two and becomes more and more a threat due to her bipolar disorder. In fact, not a bad plot, but the weak acting from many of the key players really hurt this film. Böhm was unbearable from start to finish and basically only showed one face expression throughout the entire movie. Szyszkowitz was almost as bad, but gets slightly better near the end. Schumann proves again that he has no range at all. The only main cast member with an acceptable performance is Jochen Horst, maybe also the most known because of "Balko". A bit shocking to see that all the actors in here have thriving careers with the little range they possess, even if none of them are really famous. Says a lot about German television currently unfortunately.
The film's title tells about a lie, but basically everything involving the sister is a lie, also in terms of her professional life. One question I kept asking myself is why all the men in this movie wanted to have sex with her, even when they were in a relationship. Completely aside from her disorder, there was nothing remotely attractive about her physics. I guess the reason must be that she was not downright ugly like her sister. Generally-put, this film also had a big problem with subtlety. All the actors are completely in your face with their performances and not in a good way. Also, there is not a single likable character (apart from the daughter maybe) in this 2-year-old film. The writer and director is Markus Rosenmüller, the lesser known of the two. In terms of his writing, I was fairly disappointed too. A whole lot of this film was very predictable. At least, he went for a rough ending instead some feel-good nonsense. But this cannot make up for everything before, including the ridiculous death of Schumann's character. Another really big fail during these 90 minutes is the over-the-top music. The guy who produces this film's score should never work again until he actually improves in his field. A baity title, but a very weak effort from almost everybody involved. Not recommended.
The film's title tells about a lie, but basically everything involving the sister is a lie, also in terms of her professional life. One question I kept asking myself is why all the men in this movie wanted to have sex with her, even when they were in a relationship. Completely aside from her disorder, there was nothing remotely attractive about her physics. I guess the reason must be that she was not downright ugly like her sister. Generally-put, this film also had a big problem with subtlety. All the actors are completely in your face with their performances and not in a good way. Also, there is not a single likable character (apart from the daughter maybe) in this 2-year-old film. The writer and director is Markus Rosenmüller, the lesser known of the two. In terms of his writing, I was fairly disappointed too. A whole lot of this film was very predictable. At least, he went for a rough ending instead some feel-good nonsense. But this cannot make up for everything before, including the ridiculous death of Schumann's character. Another really big fail during these 90 minutes is the over-the-top music. The guy who produces this film's score should never work again until he actually improves in his field. A baity title, but a very weak effort from almost everybody involved. Not recommended.
