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Lucybespro It is a performances centric movie

GetPapa Far from Perfect, Far from Terrible

Matho The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de) "Die Wolke" or "The Cloud" is a German 105-minute movie from 2006, so this one had its 10th anniversary last year. The director is Gregor Schnitzler and it is certainly one of his best efforts. This is also true about the writer duo here, Ainscough and Kreuzpaintner, who have done worse during their careers, especially the former. These two adapted the novel by Gudrun Pausewang here. This is the story of a teenage girl and what happens when her first love happens at the very same time like a nuclear catastrophe that has an impact on her and all her beloved ones and actually on thousands of people in Germany. This film is not really about telling us that nuclear reactors are bad (even if it still gets the message across), but it is about the fate of individuals concerned by the disaster and the film works very well without big action sequences or (not so) special effects trying to hide the lack of substance as it has been done so so many times in catastrophe movies here in Germany.I may be a bit biased as I have always liked Paula Kalenberg, but for me she is the heart and soul of the movie. It is very easy to cheer for her and her happiness and well-being because of the approach P.K. gives to her character. The script, however, is really good too and works nicely for the most part. They weren't afraid of taking risks like the boy's death that may shock the audience or depict Kalenberg with a bald head that shows however that lack of hair cannot destroy love in a nice metaphorical way. The best (and equally most devastating scene) of the film, however, is the toxic rain sequence. Heartbreaking stuff there. This one was also an 8/10 at least and i would have been way more effective on the big screen too I am sure. I would not say that this is a perfect film and my liking for Kalenberg (especially her face expression in the kissing scenes) may cloud (no pun intended!) my vision a bit here, but I think that eventually it is a very rewarding watch. And even if the future may not be as bright as I want it to be, I am somewhat glad the film ends on a positive, almost uplifting, note. But even besides that, like I already said, this one here shows all the horribly untalented filmmakers when it comes to disaster movies (especially the way mass panic is put on display here) worldwide how it is to be done. Initially, you may think this film is mostly for audiences that are roughly the same age as the central characters, i.e. teenagers, but this would be a very short-minded assumption. It is for everybody who likes quality movies and certainly considerably closer to "great" than to "mediocre". I very much recommend checking it out.

Alexandra Wilke I watched the movie the other day and I have to say, I'm surprised. The acting was believable and the girl did a fantstic job in my opinion.Also the invisible, omnipresent danger was so chilling, the reactions of all people who ran from the peril - the panic and turmoil at the station was just palpable.I have to say though - replying to a previous post by a user - the dark cloud shown was just a rain cloud and nothing more. That woman who exclaimed "she's coming!" when she saw that dark cloud approach, acted simply of stupidity and sheer panic of the nuclear cloud reportedly approaching the town. the woman was mistaken and thus caused an even greater commotion. That might be a typical reaction if you know nothing about the peril you're in...Anyway - the film was good and at least a bit of insight what might happen... hopefully never.

eicberin I saw this film this week and since there is no comment yet I'll have the honor ;) I don't want to go into detail and tell or analyse the story right now but I want to say that it's really outrageous. I haven't read the book to it yet I must confess but my friend did and she said that the movie is somewhat different, which is quite logical. I think that they really made the best out of the story, the book was basically about a catastrophe and the life before and after an atomic accident. I give away that there is a love-story that wasn't obvious in the book but it is not like in other book-picturisations a public-lure, it is just a wonderfully insight-giving thread. I liked it that the film does not rush through things, it's not that you feel after fife minutes like "okay that was the life before it now" and then "ooh yeah the accident, now there's gonna be action". Far from it. It starts like a great movie about common characters, life, family, love, youth .. and the film manages to keep your attention but it does not lead you into a romantic ideal-world-feeling that crashes when the alarm rings, it just is realistic, to sum it up. And all in all it really keeps your attention, your interest and your emotions, it gives room for emotions and thoughts about the meaning of love, of life, existence and death at the same time and there's not a sweet beginning, a total clue of action, sadness and shock with an abrupt ending, it has this sweet expectation that again and again there's something worse to come up that leaves you sitting small but gracefully and caring but not unnecessarily crying in the cinema-chair. The actors did a great job, all of them, above all the quite young main characters. To put it in a nutshell: go and experience that experience, but do it aware and on a day your nerves are strong, with someone you can look at in moving moments where words wouldn't do but loneliness would turn the effect in another direction, don't "just go to the movies" because this is not "just a film". every blessing /eicberin/

malojo I've read the novel of Mrs. Pausewang when I was a child, so I had an idea what that was about and what I had to expect. The first part of the movie is very closed to the book and well done. The second part is mainly about the main characters and you get interesting information about the situation ( f.e. political decisions ) only in the background. Because of that I give only 8 points. I think this is the price you have to pay to make such a movie work. The movie is well done and gives an interesting view to such a catastrophe in front of my house. If you have read the book or you are interested in this topic I can recommend this good German movie.