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The Edukators (Die Fetten Jahre sind vorbei) (2004)

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Average Rating: 6.5/10
Reviews Counted: 75
Fresh: 52 | Rotten: 23

The Edukators engagingly plays out the clash between youthful idealism and older pragmaticism.

64

Average Rating: 6.4/10
Critic Reviews: 22
Fresh: 14 | Rotten: 8

The Edukators engagingly plays out the clash between youthful idealism and older pragmaticism.

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Average Rating: 4/5
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Three young radicals face off against an older man who left behind his ideals years ago in this drama from Austria. Jan (Daniel Brühl) and Peter (Stipe Erceg) are a pair of leftist political activists who have their own ideas of how to strike out in the name of economic justice. Jan and Peter like to break into the homes of the rich, re-arrange their belongings, and leave behind a note crediting "the Edukators" with the invasion, satisfied that their efforts will teach their victims a lesson

R, 2 hr. 4 min.

Drama, Art House & International, Comedy

Hans Weingartner

Nov 15, 2005

IFC Films

All Critics (82) | Top Critics (22) | Fresh (52) | Rotten (23) | DVD (6)

What is interesting to watch are the unexpected turns that occur when a jilted lover, a kidnapped rich capitalist and a pair of new lovers are cooped up in an isolated chalet.

October 7, 2005 Full Review Source: Toronto Star | Comment
Toronto Star
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Plays out like an ambivalent political tract, full of dissatisfaction but no conclusions.

October 7, 2005 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | Comment
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Captures the frustration of those who sense something deeply dysfunctional in the political and economic status quo but feel impotent do anything about it.

September 15, 2005 Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | Comment
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The situations feel real, the injustices believable and the human frailty is all too recognizable.

September 9, 2005 Comment
Detroit News
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Intelligent, entertaining and, yes, educational as it looks at the nature of political activism now and then.

September 9, 2005 Comment
Detroit Free Press
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Like its protagonists, it means well, but gets mixed up. Too easily.

September 8, 2005 Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Comment
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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It's deeply heartfelt and affecting, filmed with a nervy camera style that lends a vivid immediacy to the action.

March 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Film Journal International | Comment
Film Journal International

full review in Greek

October 3, 2006 Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | Comment
Movies for the Masses

Much too didactic, obvious and simple-minded in its action story involving a radical act.

November 18, 2005 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Although The Edukators, directed by Hans Weingartner, is a German-language film, it is set in a global village where all politics are local.

September 22, 2005 Comment
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

This supposedly progressive movie unintentionally delivers a sexist message as old as the garden of Eden: Don't let a woman get involved, because she'll mess things up.

September 16, 2005 Comment
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

Unless you're the sort who has a Che Guevara T-shirt tucked away somewhere in your closet, the needlessly long The Edukators wears out its welcome.

September 9, 2005 Full Review Source: Miami Herald | Comment
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Audience Reviews for The Edukators (Die Fetten Jahre sind vorbei)

Provocative! Is there a place for revolution within capatilistic society? Who is responsible for its ills? How can you change society without resorting to terrorism? Is hope for change merely youthful idealism? While the film raises many questions, it falls short on answers. The cast compensates for any

April 7, 2008
bookmunki

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Good film, well acted and with a great ending! I do however believe that camera men should not be seen! This and other continuity errors made the film a little distracting, but on the whole, good film.

September 30, 2009
SirPant

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  • Die Fetten Jahre sind vorbei (DE)
  • The Edukators (UK)
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