Mjeteconer Just perfect...

Matrixiole Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Werner Obviously any movie dealing with the Refugee Crisis is measured against a serious backdrop of political and human implications The Movie deals with this nicely and is one of the clearly better German comedies as they come. Set in Munich against the backdrop of a well being Upperclass family with some cracks in their world and the entry of a different side to their world with Refugees, gone wild old hippies, German alt rights and more when the Lady of the house for a mix of reasons decides to invite an refugee to their house. This sets in motion quite a nice series of events bringing the family back into shape and resolving issues. All roles well cast with top notch German Leads and excellent side parts, mainly Uwe Ochsenknecht (35 years removed from the Boat) as a beauty surgeon and Ulrike Kriener as a progressive teacher gone wild. Enjoy it for what it is and take away to think on your terms about what the refugee crisis means. My Wife ? Spot her in the Meeting Room in Shanghai (actually Munich BMW World) as a Chinese M&A Lawyer.

claudiaketzer The migration topic is not easy to talk about in Germany and to use this topic for a film is courageous. Simon Verhoeven's "Willkommen bei den Hartmanns" is the perfect mixture of comedy and seriousness and makes people laugh loudly and think deeply about the migration topic.Hartmann's is showing up daily situations and behavior and opens the minds for what is really important in live. It also show's up that not every migrant is a nice person, but most of them - and they should get a fair chance. There are strange funny situations shown up which normally are not happening in real live, but this is allowed in films like that. "Willkommen bei den Hartmanns" is really a highlight in German film culture!

Ehrgeiz A couple of wealthy Munich inhabitants, Richard and Angelika Hartmann, adopt an African refugee named Diallo for a couple of weeks until the officials decide if he can take permanent asylum in Germany... Soon they have to check on their own views towards the refugees while Diallo learns that this family has quite some problems on their own, which includes also the Hartmanns adult children and their grandson. The most successful German movies are usually light comedies, that's no difference here. What I liked about this movie that it covered a broad range of attitudes that Germans have towards the refugee crises, from far-left to far-right ones, things which people in Germany really think or say. There is also a subplot with an islamist among the refugees, or some Pegida-style "enraged citizen" protesters. Also, it covers quite a lot of other issues - estrangement between children and parents, growing old in a society where the job means a lot for the reputation of the individual and so on. It has no less than seven main characters and manages that well. I think it was also the right choice that they wrote the character of Diallo not as a hero character, but a rather normal guy who just fled his country because the one terrible act of violence that happened to his family. Acting-wise, Senta Berger and Heiner Lauterbach come from a different time than the younger actors in the movies and are in my opinion far above them. But, Florian David Fitz, does also a good job in the probably most unthankful role, playing the Hartmann son who is the clichéd manager who has no time for his son. Even Palina Rojinski, who is another ex-video jockey who turned to acting, does a little better than in her former efforts - and she has probably the most complex character, the daughter of the Hartmanns, who tries to escape an stalker, while struggling to finish her studies with 32 years and get a job, making her a kind of disgrace to her father. Its not a perfect movie, though. The setting is not too unrealistic - its not far fetched that refugees are adopted by German families, it happened sometimes since 2015 and was even advocated by some organizations. But, obviously, in the end reality has to be bent to provide the happy-end. This is too be expected. I had more qualms with that despite a lot of things were done well, the movie was not hugely funny. The dialogues rely too much on playing around with clichés and tropes, going for easy wins by the audience. Without spoiling too much, what will this movie say about the refugees in Germany, a country which took 700 000 of them? Ultimately, it offers a "light conservative" solution: traditional family values will fix things, society and the state set things right. This may be a bit simple, may be part of the happy end, but its what I believe the movie wants to say.

emkarpf There are several reasons to recommend this comedy. First of all, it is a very entertaining take on topics that are being discussed not only in Germany, but all over Europe: how will the influx of refugees from Africa and the Middle East change our society? In this movie, a rich Munich family wants to do more than wave "Refugees welcome"-placards, so they offer a home to one of the refugees. As a plot, this could be rather embarrassing due to political correctness (or lack thereof), but writer and director Simon Verhoeven manages to include all the different views on immigrants without losing track of the comedy for one moment. He has created a set of characters that are likable and well-rounded, and the development of the story, while predictable in the general outline (of course a comedy needs a happy ending), is surprising at every turn and full of funny dialogue which had people laughing out loud in the cinema. Another reason to watch this comedy is the cast. The older generation is being represented by the always wonderful Senta Berger, as well as Heiner Lauterbach, Uwe Ochsenknecht and Ulrike Kriener (yes, those last three together had us laughing in Doris Dörrie's "Männer" in the 1980s), the younger generation containing heartthrobs Florian David Fitz and Elyas M'Barek and a very lovable Palina Rojinski. Refugee Diallo is played by Eric Kabongo, who will hopefully get to play more leading roles in the future! And, thirdly, I very much liked the artful camera work and the well-chosen sets, which made the movie a joy to watch.