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The Edukators (2004)

Director: Hans Weingartner
Genre: Drama
Actors: Daniel Brühl, Stipe Erceg, Julia Jentsch and Burghart Klaußner.

Plot: The movie is about 2 young activists named Jan and Peter. Both are breaking into houses of rich people at night and relocates furniture and leave messages as "Your days of plenty are numbered" and they call themselves the Edukators. Peters girlfriend Jule, are having debts since the day she crashed into a businessmans Mercedes. She persuades Jan to break into that businessmans house and do as what the Edukators are best for. But it all goes wrong as the businessman comes home one night, when Jule is looking after her lost cellphone at his building. The trio have no other choice to kidnap the man and travel to a place, and as the time pass by, they get more and more connected.

Review: I liked the premise of the film. And i really wished that i could just love the movie, as the plot and the acting was utter magnificent. But what really bothers me is the ridiculously long takes during the film. A big part of the movie do take place at a wonderful landscape with mountains, big grassy fields and all. But i think the director exaggerates with the over 1 minute shots of the breathtaking view. And there are also parts i could have been without. But i've gotta admit that i really liked the ending. It's no Happily ever After ending, but no tragic ending either. It's one of the very few "Ha! We knew you were faking it, so in your face!"-endings, which i'd love to see more in regular movies.

All in all, it was a very good movie, with strong messages and characters which you do care about... but i hope that in Hans next film, he won't put in a 2 minute clip over a lovely sandy beach.

I give the movie: 4 Davy Rice-puddings out of 5.