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Toni Erdmann

Life is just passing by...

2016 · 2h 42m · R Comedy, Drama
Directed by Maren Ade

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Overview

Convinced that his daughter has forgotten how to laugh, a father shows up unannounced while she's living abroad and bombards her with outrageous jokes.

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All reviews
93%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Ade begins with a fairly simple dynamic and then proceeds to tease out every possible facet, taking her characters to truly unexpected places and ending on a note of disarming irresolution.

Mike D'Angelo, AV Club
Fresh

A sly evocation of the absurdities and banalities of modern life. Just brilliant.

Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Fresh

A slow-burning thing of beauty, ultimately as moving as it is implausibly funny.

Leslie Felperin, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh

Like all great humanist filmmaking, Toni Erdmann keeps an eye out for life at the edges, even when the lives in focus consume a whole lot of energy.

Guy Lodge, Variety

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