A lover of foreign films, I found Macho im Schluedergang, or Macho Undercover, a truly wonderful and heart-warming work of art. The story opens with the egotistical Tom Kostner, played by Jan Sosniok, who works at a car magazine. Similar to the testosterone charged journalistic role he has, Sosniok demonstrates a complete disregard for the female sex and everyone else- that is, he sleeps around, ignores his boss, and crashes the new Maserati he was supposed to write an article on. Fired and charged for the accident's expenses, Sosniok looks for a new job and lands into a woman's magazine. Unfortunately, the boss only hires women or gay men and Sosniok is forced to explore new boundaries completely different to his original attitude. As he starts his new job and researches homosexuality in order to become a more realistic gay man himself, Sosniok finds that gays aren't the stereotypical queers, women do deserve respect, and an entirely new approach to life.
2 Reviews
Too macho to be gay...
shu-fen17 September 2007
Lately, Germany is enjoying good economy so in market we have more German DVDs with either screen works or TV productions perched inside. And from time to time, their good quality surprises me.
Latest news (at least to myself): German people also know humour! The Brits have to de-monopolize it now. The comedy is a common and ordinary one with lots of hilarious visual vehicles. I can't help laughing my head off when seeing a Jan Sosniok in sassy and saucy unfit female outfit. Very true that he is a handsome guy but is facial lines are too coarse and masculine to be a homosexual! It is helped out by his effeminate demeanor like the breathy, lispy voice.
It's my first Edzard Onneken work and I have no clue where he was educated, maybe the States because the story, the backdrop and even the props used more or less remind me the gang flicks shot in Beverly Hill or somewhere in the posh and snobbish area of Hollywood.
More interesting productions should be coming out. Worth watching and waiting.
Latest news (at least to myself): German people also know humour! The Brits have to de-monopolize it now. The comedy is a common and ordinary one with lots of hilarious visual vehicles. I can't help laughing my head off when seeing a Jan Sosniok in sassy and saucy unfit female outfit. Very true that he is a handsome guy but is facial lines are too coarse and masculine to be a homosexual! It is helped out by his effeminate demeanor like the breathy, lispy voice.
It's my first Edzard Onneken work and I have no clue where he was educated, maybe the States because the story, the backdrop and even the props used more or less remind me the gang flicks shot in Beverly Hill or somewhere in the posh and snobbish area of Hollywood.
More interesting productions should be coming out. Worth watching and waiting.
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