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Schultze Gets the Blues
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MPAA RATING: PG for mild language
Starring Horst Krause, Harald Warmbrunn, Karl Fred Müller, Ursula Schucht, Hannelore Schubert, Wolfgang Boos, Leo Fischer, and Loni Frank
Schultze has spent his whole life in a small town in Saxon-Anhalt near the river Saale. Schultze's life, divided between work and the pub, the allotment, folk music and fishing, is rudely interrupted when he and his mates Manfred and Jürgen are made redundant. As entropy sets in and maintaining the daily routine deteriorates into a farce, Schultze discovers a life on the other side of the hill. (Paramount Classics)
| GENRE(S): | Comedy | Drama | Foreign | Musical |
| WRITTEN BY: | Michael Schorr |
| DIRECTED BY: | Michael Schorr |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: August 30, 2005 Theatrical: February 18, 2005 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 114 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | Germany |
| LANGUAGE(S): | German / English (with English subtitles) |
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The average user rating for this movie is 6.9 (out of 10) based on 17 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Roz E. gave it a7:
I enjoyed this movie whilst watching it, and found my impatience of thinking "get on with it!" after a while very telling; this is exactly what the film-maker is probably trying to achieve! Once I settled into the rhythm, I enjoyed all the little vignettes. My only complaint was his death at the end: not that he died, but that it was a bit unclear that he had died, and that the funeral was actually his and not them giving him up for dead in his non-return & disappearance to the Bayou.... worth it, if you have a visual appreciation and long attention span!
Mauro C. gave it a7:
Moving, relaxing, original.
David L. gave it an8:
Conrad K is simply ignorant and impatient. While this movie will not be mistaken for the greatest all time classic, it will also not be mistaken for pure stupidity. Take your head out of your ass, perhaps some directors may want to change things up a bit and focus the camera on the beauty of nature and place man second. Symbolism at its best. Can be slow at times but so is the point to which this movie is attempting to drive home. I agree with many former reviewers that it is quite admirable for the movie having ended in such a fashion of so little lights and glory and instead how a true retiree's life ends.
Joey L. gave it a7:
I found this movie while channel surfing, and heard my grandmother's voice singing a song in the background. I watched, and found Shultze to be an ordinary man with an interest in Louisiana Cajun music. He could be any lonely old senior citizen, which is what makes the movie so real. Its a good movie, a little slow, but good.
Les H. gave it an8:
Great move that shows plain kindness works best and carries much farther in life. Many words not spoken, told the best part of this tale. You never know when or where destiny pulls you. It`s the ride that counts, and I liked this ride! Thanks!
Karen M. gave it an8:
This was a delightful movie. Instead of the usual American hype dream that is realized at the end, this deals with an ordinary man and life. Schultze is like most of us leading our little lives as the prevailing norms have defined us. Hence, the assault of t "Reality "series.Yet,.he breaks out of the mold and lives out his dream in a Louisana Bayou.
Chad S. gave it a7:
Anybody who knows the story about Bob Dylan at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival will recognize the allusion to this seminal confrontation of artist versus fanbase when Schultze decides to turn a cold shoulder towards the crowd's beloved polka. Although it's absolutely refreshing to see a film, especially a comedic one, in a realist style, "Schultze Gets the Blues" is somewhat hampered by its formalist ethos. Schultze(Horst Krause) is so unassuming, more close-ups might've helped us better gauge the man through facial expressions since he's a man of very few words. And when he gets to America, the film's unpredictability, at times, is a strength and a weakness. What could've been a musical odyessy that culminated in his becoming a better musician, turns out to be a series of sometimes interesting, sometimes boring digressions into American life. What ultimately plants "Schultze Gets the Blues" firmly on the worth seeing list is an absolutely charming scene in which Schultze is invited sit down at the table of a Bayou woman and her daughter.
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