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It's for Your Own Good

2020 · 91 min

A breezy, silly comedy about meddling dads where the jokes are broad and the family chaos is easy to enjoy.

Directed by
Marc Rothemund
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Heiner Lauterbach, Jürgen Vogel, Hilmi Sözer
Overview
Three fathers who are also brothers-in-law make a pact to save their daughters from their boyfriends.

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Directed by
Marc Rothemund
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Heiner Lauterbach, Jürgen Vogel, Hilmi Sözer
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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • love
  • betrayal
  • loyalty
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism7
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Marc Rothemund
Written by
Felix Starck, Hans G. Raeth, Manuel Burque, Josep Gatell
Starring
Heiner Lauterbach, Jürgen Vogel, Hilmi Sözer, Janina Uhse, Jacob Matschenz, Lisa-Marie Koroll, Andreas Pietschmann, Lara Aylin Winkler
Cinematography
Philip Peschlow
Runtime
91 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German, Spanish

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