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Karsten and his father Wolfgang are at loggerheads. Karsten wants to go on a school trip abroad, but Wolfgang insists he stay behind and help him with his dreary job supplying dowdy clothes to local fashion outlets. When spunky and devious workaholic Steven shows up, he plans to undercut Wolfgang's prices and steal all his customers with a spiffy range of upmarket garments. Wolfgang and Steven go to battle, attempting to woo as many clothes shops as they can to stay in the business, but when Karsten and Steven fall in love, and Wolfgang's wife Erika discovers his financial mismanagement, all hell breaks loose.
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: LANGUAGES: German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN, SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: As an "old-school" sales agent, Wolfgang Zenker is selling clothes to Best Ager--boutiques, catering to women aged thirty-five and above. When he loses his driving licence he commandeers his son Karsten to drive him around the province with a car loaded full of next year's fashions. What nobody except Wolfgang knows is that he's both bankrupt and under threat from a younger and increasingly successful rival. What nobody except Karstens knows is that not only is he desperate to leave the family home and party in Spain, but he also has a very big secret of his own. ...Fashion Victims ( Reine Geschmacksache )
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
"Fashion Victims" is one hilarious German comedy. The script actually deals about the prevalence of tastes (the original title is "Reine Geschmacksache" broadly translated as 'clearly a matter of taste/preference), and as the Romans already said: you cannot argue over matters of preference.
The script beautifully and seemlessly works out all the undertows and secrets which burst suddenly into the open with hilarious outcomes and then ebb away as easily as they surfaced, with consequences.
It tells the story of "old-school" sales agent Wolfgang Zenker who sells clothes to boutiques catering for women aged 35 and above (best-agers). As he has lost his driving licence he commandeers his son, Karsten, to drive him around with a brand new Mercedes S-class, filled with next year's (dowdy) fashions, just as he was on the way to Spain with two girls.
Only Wolfgang knows though that he's both bankrupt and under threat - from a younger rival gaining the momentum of success - and he is sexy and good-looking to boot. And, only Karstens knows is that he is desperate to leave home to party in Spain, and he also has a big secret of his own - which will involve his father's rival and the machinations of Brigitte, mummy's chum and general interfering busybody. Things, poignantly, come to a head.
Hilarious!
Highly recommended are also The Trio [1998], Run Lola Run [1999] and Goodbye Lenin! (2002)
The script beautifully and seemlessly works out all the undertows and secrets which burst suddenly into the open with hilarious outcomes and then ebb away as easily as they surfaced, with consequences.
It tells the story of "old-school" sales agent Wolfgang Zenker who sells clothes to boutiques catering for women aged 35 and above (best-agers). As he has lost his driving licence he commandeers his son, Karsten, to drive him around with a brand new Mercedes S-class, filled with next year's (dowdy) fashions, just as he was on the way to Spain with two girls.
Only Wolfgang knows though that he's both bankrupt and under threat - from a younger rival gaining the momentum of success - and he is sexy and good-looking to boot. And, only Karstens knows is that he is desperate to leave home to party in Spain, and he also has a big secret of his own - which will involve his father's rival and the machinations of Brigitte, mummy's chum and general interfering busybody. Things, poignantly, come to a head.
Hilarious!
Highly recommended are also The Trio [1998], Run Lola Run [1999] and Goodbye Lenin! (2002)
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is a rare breed of film - a fairly standard rom-com, coming of age, family conflict type film with one twist: the boy concerned is gay. Now your first reaction to that might be a slightly cynical one - the film industry cashing in on the `pink pound' (or in this case, the `pink euro'). One point to be noted is that the film is German, and it hasn't been dubbed into English, which means that if you don't speak the language, you'll have to put with subtitles. But it's worth it.
I won't summarise the plot. It goes through the sort of routines you might expect from the genre, does them all quite well, and on that basis, scores around 7 out of 10. An evening's entertainment, but nothing profound. However, what about the gay element?
To be fair to the film, it's not taken as a shock-horror revelation. The romance is treated well, but there is the added complication that Karsten (son of the family) falls for Steven (thirty-ish), who is his father's business rival - and not just that: they have become bitter enemies. The path of true love never runs straight ... and certainly not `straight' in this case.
And near the end of the film, as father and son are tiling the bathroom (don't ask), he asks, `This business with men? Is it a done deal?', and his son says yes. Why? Son shrugs. That's the way it is.
In a sense, it's an acceptance of gay themes into the mainstream. Instead of daughter falling for the wrong man, son falls for the wrong man. And it's done quite well. As I said, the film is a fairly standard rom com farce, but better than most. The gay theme is handled well. So recommended on both counts.
I won't summarise the plot. It goes through the sort of routines you might expect from the genre, does them all quite well, and on that basis, scores around 7 out of 10. An evening's entertainment, but nothing profound. However, what about the gay element?
To be fair to the film, it's not taken as a shock-horror revelation. The romance is treated well, but there is the added complication that Karsten (son of the family) falls for Steven (thirty-ish), who is his father's business rival - and not just that: they have become bitter enemies. The path of true love never runs straight ... and certainly not `straight' in this case.
And near the end of the film, as father and son are tiling the bathroom (don't ask), he asks, `This business with men? Is it a done deal?', and his son says yes. Why? Son shrugs. That's the way it is.
In a sense, it's an acceptance of gay themes into the mainstream. Instead of daughter falling for the wrong man, son falls for the wrong man. And it's done quite well. As I said, the film is a fairly standard rom com farce, but better than most. The gay theme is handled well. So recommended on both counts.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Not so much a gay romp but a comedy of errors between two couture peddlers, the German film, Reine Geschmacksache (Fashion Victims), is a thoroughly entertaining fare.
While at first it may appear to be light in substance, a closer look at the film reveals a substantial undercurrent of issues, most notably those that seems to plague the role of the controlling, frustrated father. But that's much too deep a retrospect for a film such as this that presents itself mostly as a fun outing.
Refreshing to see that in this movie, the gay content is almost incidental to its focus. Contains two of the cutest male leads playing off each other. Recommended.
While at first it may appear to be light in substance, a closer look at the film reveals a substantial undercurrent of issues, most notably those that seems to plague the role of the controlling, frustrated father. But that's much too deep a retrospect for a film such as this that presents itself mostly as a fun outing.
Refreshing to see that in this movie, the gay content is almost incidental to its focus. Contains two of the cutest male leads playing off each other. Recommended.
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If 'Death of a Salesman' was a comedy (and German)
Fashion Victims follows the life of a failing clothes sales rep, his family and his competitor through a rather hectic couple of days during summer holidays. Read more
Published 6 months ago by AK
Chasing Pink Elephants
This is the second five-star German gay cinema DVD recently that I have purchased, the other being `Summer Storm'. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Nicholas Casley
Light entertaiment
I bought this one expecting it to be as amusing as "Regular guys" or "Balls". Unfortunately, it's not. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Pitbulltje
Hugely Enjoyable and Sexy Comedy
This film is a delight from start to finish. The immensely attractive Karsten is beautifully played and good to look at as well. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Coffee Lover
Not worth the money
Take the cost of this movie and put the money into a charity tin. What a waste of time, I have seen better acting coming from the dogs on a recent dog food advert.
Published 15 months ago by Kelty
Ziemlich Gut
This is a film jointly made with one of the main German TV networks so I assume that it was at some stage shown on main stream German TV. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Gay Londoner
Rather Fun
It was a nice film. My only problem was that it was not made clear to me when ordered that it was in German with English sub titles. Not something you would expect these days. Read more
Published 18 months ago by AlanMc
A delight
This isn't the most profound film in the world. Far from it. But then it doesn't pretend to be. It is, however, an absolute delight: warm, funny (sometimes laugh-out loud... Read more
Published 21 months ago by D. W. Hawkes
Absolutely delightful....
Whilst one cannot ignore the indirect parallel to "Death of a Salesman", one should not be distracted by such. Read more
Published on 17 Mar 2010 by Kurt Clare
Surprisingly Good
I wasn't expecting much but found the movie entertaining and fun with a good story line.
Don't expect to split your sides laughing or see loads of flesh just good honest... Read more
Don't expect to split your sides laughing or see loads of flesh just good honest... Read more
Published on 27 Mar 2009 by Edward Brown
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