Outrageously funny yet firmly grounded in reality, this observant comedy from German director Maren Ade (Everyone Else) explores fractured family bonds through
the story of a workaholic corporate strategist (Sandra Huller) who doesn't have the time to deal with her goofy father (Peter Simonischek), who only wants the two of them to be closer.
Not exact matches
I think this is the
story of a lot
of hard workers (or rather,
workaholics) out there.
The moral
of the
story is that
workaholics may attempt to schedule time for a romantic relationship or date, but often their daily planner isn't big enough to take the time to find love online.
He discusses his appreciation
of The Wire, how he approached «the best worst movie ever made,» telling the universal
story about dreamers on the outside, the soul
of The Room's Tommy Wiseau, choosing to honour other artists, Basquiat, Pollock, the addiction and pitfalls
of public persona, relieving ego to find happiness, recognizing
workaholic and escapism tendencies to find happiness and what's on his work - out playlist (Jonathan Richman, Jamie XX, Mura Masa, A$ AP Rocky).
It's the
story of a loving father and inveterate prankster who's so concerned that his
workaholic daughter is unhappy that he invents a goofy alter ego, named...
When the movie tries to get down to the
story, we see a completely forced relationship between Nick and a pretty manager (who's a
workaholic with no social life but still manages to come to work in sexy heels and looking like she stepped out
of a salon), played by Rose Byrne.
The
story follows a lonely father who, after the death
of his dog, decides to drop in on his
workaholic daughter, pretending to be an eccentric businessman to her many coworkers and clients.