TONI ERDMANN, the lauded German corporate daughter/prankster dad comedy (?) film by Maren Ade

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Jack Nicholson though... I'll probably see it for him.

jmm, Thursday, 20 July 2017 04:00 (seven years ago) link

ten months pass...

Thank Fucking God

flappy bird, Thursday, 24 May 2018 05:48 (six years ago) link

two months pass...

Saw a note on another forum that Nicholson has left the remake as well.

Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 15 August 2018 20:43 (six years ago) link

I was skeptical of this happening

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 15 August 2018 20:53 (six years ago) link

Apparently there has already been a Netflix knockoff with the recent Like Father, starring Kristen Bell and Kelsey Grammer.

To me, a remake seems futile. Hollywood would inevitably smooth out or eliminate everything that made Toni so special, while keeping the story's unremarkable premise.

traurig, Sunday, 19 August 2018 14:01 (six years ago) link

agreed but to see Lena Dunham and Jack Nicholson doing it would've been incredible imo

flappy bird, Monday, 20 August 2018 06:28 (six years ago) link

They ought to collaborate on an original project.

traurig, Saturday, 1 September 2018 17:11 (six years ago) link

please no, wasn't Hackman making his last film w/ ray Romano enough for you?

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 1 September 2018 17:28 (six years ago) link

Honestly don't care about the remake, Nicholson & Dunham or not, but if Ade got some funds out of it for her next project then it's all good.

traurig, Saturday, 1 September 2018 18:30 (six years ago) link

four years pass...

Watched this tonight for the first time since seeing it on the big screen thanks to it appearing on a 'top X comedies' list I read online. Happy to say it has not only held up for me in the intervening years, it's funnier than I ever remember it being.

Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Saturday, 19 November 2022 23:23 (one year ago) link

one of my favorite movies of the past 10 years

karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Saturday, 19 November 2022 23:32 (one year ago) link

yes, I only saw it once when it came out, but it really stuck with me, and I'm looking forward to seeing it again - but only with the right people

Dan S, Monday, 21 November 2022 02:16 (one year ago) link

I think about this film at least once a week. I can't believe what it gets away with.

Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 21 November 2022 02:19 (one year ago) link

I remember liking it fine when it came out if not being quite as into it as everyone else, but I imagine upon a second viewing I could change my mind.

Meet Me in the Z'Ha'Dum (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 21 November 2022 02:25 (one year ago) link

She also made The Forest for the Trees and Everyone Else, both amazing films

Dan S, Monday, 21 November 2022 02:30 (one year ago) link

and each progressively better than the last. hoping for another one from her

karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Monday, 21 November 2022 03:10 (one year ago) link

I've seen this film and Everyone Else, and I may need to see them again at some point; I just read the plot summaries that were occasionally familiar but seemed emotionally remote from what I remembered of the actual experience of watching them.

Halfway there but for you, Monday, 21 November 2022 03:18 (one year ago) link

I need to rewatch it, but I can say for sure I haven't laughed harder at anything in years than at the culminating scene at the end of the party.

Which is immediately followed by its most heart-tugging scene. The timing of the film's beats is perfect even though its rhythms are odd.

and then Plainsong

too good

corrs unplugged, Monday, 21 November 2022 09:09 (one year ago) link

"The Greatest Love of All" scene truly among the all-timers

ex-McKinsey wonk who looks like a human version of a rat (Eric H.), Monday, 21 November 2022 13:45 (one year ago) link

So damned relieved the American version never got made

ex-McKinsey wonk who looks like a human version of a rat (Eric H.), Monday, 21 November 2022 13:47 (one year ago) link

I feel like a lot of recent Euro comedies have been mean-spirited in a nihilstic, mansplainy kind of way, but this isn't like that at all, and I loved that.

Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 21 November 2022 15:51 (one year ago) link

yes, imagine Ruben Östlund directing this thing.

Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 21 November 2022 15:53 (one year ago) link

The petit fours scene alone ...

ex-McKinsey wonk who looks like a human version of a rat (Eric H.), Monday, 21 November 2022 15:57 (one year ago) link


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