"About a girl" tells the story of a young girl, who all of a sudden decides to set an end to her life. While she fails at the attempt, alarming her environment, she gets to learn new aspects of life, including love.
I had a string feeling that this film tries to be something special and indeed it is in some aspects. It delivers a strange set of characters who do strange things and express strange thoughts. Of course the concept of two strange adolescents meeting and falling in love isn't really new in itself, and in a way the movie strongly reminded me of "The fault in our stars". Unfortunately, in some aspects the producers couldn't resist doing typical German cinema, with a dysfunctional family portrayed in a funny way and some elements that wouldn't surprise in a Schweiger movie neither. Still, this is surely one of the better German cinema releases and it has enough special elements to give a thump up.
All in all this movie is worth a watch. It's not the best of its kind but it is quite promising that there are good filmmakers out there who can set focus on the little things in life.
I had a string feeling that this film tries to be something special and indeed it is in some aspects. It delivers a strange set of characters who do strange things and express strange thoughts. Of course the concept of two strange adolescents meeting and falling in love isn't really new in itself, and in a way the movie strongly reminded me of "The fault in our stars". Unfortunately, in some aspects the producers couldn't resist doing typical German cinema, with a dysfunctional family portrayed in a funny way and some elements that wouldn't surprise in a Schweiger movie neither. Still, this is surely one of the better German cinema releases and it has enough special elements to give a thump up.
All in all this movie is worth a watch. It's not the best of its kind but it is quite promising that there are good filmmakers out there who can set focus on the little things in life.