Anatomie (2000)

Anatomie: Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky. With Franka Potente, Benno Fürmann, Anna Loos, Sebastian Blomberg. A cute med student starts a summer course at Heidelberg University. David’s on her dissection table. She met him the day before on the train. Something’s wrong.

“Anatomie (Anatomy) is an entertaining and engaging film that falls short of delivering the discomfort that should be connected with the films subject matter. The idea of ethical ignorance in the medical science world is one that pushes the viewer towards discomfort, and the realism of the institutions (u0026#39;Heidelbergu0026#39;) and the special effects make it a not-entirely easy film to watch.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHowever, the characters, the script, and the gloss of the film all seem too familiar with the Scream movies that repopularised this sort of genre. Sadly, then, whilst the subject is one to care about, the viewer is presented with another movie full of college student characters that we donu0026#39;t really get a chance to care about, unresolved subplots, and hammy stage-killings that have been reinventing themselves since the memorable Drew Barrymore opening scene in Scream several years back.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003enSteven Ruzowillzky makes a fair effort of the script and the direction, but pushes no boundaries other than the general theme. Whilst we are presented with an entertaining film with some reasonable performances, we are unfortunately left with the old feeling: nothing is wrong with this film, but nothing is extraordinary either.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAn entertaining film, and an interesting chance to see how foreign filmmakers have been influenced by the post-scream u0026#39;horroru0026#39; culture. 6 out of 10”