It is a long movie (almost 3 hours) and it defiantly felt like it. The story in whole felt quite aimless. There was long parts of the movie where it felt like nothing particularly was going on.
However, I decide to watch the movie because it was taged as a romance and it actually delivered. The part when Tom Schilling and Saskia Rosendahl were falling in love was undeniably beautiful but only lasted for a very short moment, then a boring story continued. If you have watched Never Look Away then you will probably, during the falling love part, be very much reminded of the similarities. Personally, I think it was the highlight of the movie and to be compared to a masterpiece like Never Look Away is only positive. Though, the movie felt a little bit like a bad knockoff of Never Look Away.
The movie never made me care for the characters and thus I didn't really care what happened to them. At most I started to care about Fabian's friend Stephan but only slightly. And that was the problem with the movie it didn't evoke emotions even in the moments when you should care about the characters.
However, I decide to watch the movie because it was taged as a romance and it actually delivered. The part when Tom Schilling and Saskia Rosendahl were falling in love was undeniably beautiful but only lasted for a very short moment, then a boring story continued. If you have watched Never Look Away then you will probably, during the falling love part, be very much reminded of the similarities. Personally, I think it was the highlight of the movie and to be compared to a masterpiece like Never Look Away is only positive. Though, the movie felt a little bit like a bad knockoff of Never Look Away.
The movie never made me care for the characters and thus I didn't really care what happened to them. At most I started to care about Fabian's friend Stephan but only slightly. And that was the problem with the movie it didn't evoke emotions even in the moments when you should care about the characters.