Der Boden unter den Füßen (2019)

Der Boden unter den Füßen: Directed by Marie Kreutzer. With Valerie Pachner, Pia Hierzegger, Mavie Hörbiger, Michelle Barthel. A high-powered business consultant struggles to keep her professional and personal lives from colliding after her schizophrenic sister attempts suicide.

“STICK TO THE ORIGINAL !!!nI had to edited this review, its the day after u0026amp; Im still thinking of this movie….. for all the wrong reasons……nThis makes no sense right from the start. It starts with Lily driving along with her mum, they put a song on u0026amp; Lily starts crying…… we never find out WHY !!! All it does it sets it up they she may just be an over emotional teenager who cries at anything. I also donu0026#39;t understand what was the point of the youngest son… ok he was nice to Lily but those scenes / conversations could have been with ANYONE !! In the original you see the girls daily struggles, from bullying, being outcast, rumours, lack of self confidence etc…. this made you feel u0026amp; root for them. But in this take theres nothing like this, no struggles at all to be on their side…. the closest is when Tabby mentions sheu0026#39;s wanting to protect her brother. and no one sits with them at lunch, even transgender character Lourdes was under-utilised for portraying struggles, the only thing mention by her is she doesnu0026#39;t get a period…. are you kidding me !!! What a waste for not giving her more of a platform……..You never see any real struggles, its just portrayed theyu0026#39;re just wanting u0026#39;super powersu0026#39;. The only good thing to come out of this is it gave the young cast a job, but clearly the older cast were hard up for a pay cheque to agree to star in dribble. This is just a bunch of embarrassing fluff. There are hints of misogyny throughout…. I kept waiting for this to build to something bigger…. granted no amount of misogyny is acceptable but it seemed like this would become a bigger thing (again another thing lacking). When it came to the final confrontation honestly they could have just used a cardboard cut out for all the thrill u0026amp; action the u0026#39;big badu0026#39; gave. They only intimidating thing was their eyes went black…..and even that was just eye roll worthy….u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNot sure whether thats due to lack of a strong story or whether has been watered downed by the studio to make it appeal to a wider audience, but has caused major harm.nIf your a fan of the original AVOID THIS AT ALL COSTS!! If you must see, wait till its available for free then cleanse your palette with the original. This is only going to appeal to a younger audience who havenu0026#39;t seen the awesome original.nI was skeptical when the rumours of a remake started, that was then heightened when the trailer dropped…. The story was all over the place u0026amp; just seemed like a lot of fluff that hadnu0026#39;t been fleshed out enough to make a good story with a good confrontation. Just a bunch of glitter dusted misogyny (that wasnu0026#39;t developed enough to be the big bad). Even when the girls decided to take a break made no sense… Im still shaking my head trying to make sense of what I just watched u0026amp; why the hell there was so much glitter eyeshadow……. Very poor attempt at a reboot, more time should have been given to get it right.”