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The Edukators (2005)

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Reviews Counted:72

Fresh:49

Rotten:23

Average Rating:6.4/10

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

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for language, a scene of sexuality, and some drug use.

Runtime: 2 hrs 9 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release:Jul 22, 2005 Limited

Synopsis: Jule is a waitress who can't make ends meet. She moves in with her boyfriend Peter and his friend Jan, two young men united by their passion to change the world. But Jule has a secret: an auto... Jule is a waitress who can't make ends meet. She moves in with her boyfriend Peter and his friend Jan, two young men united by their passion to change the world. But Jule has a secret: an auto accident in the past has burdened her with lifetime payments to a successful businessman named Hardenberg. Peter and Jan also have a secret: they are the notorious "Edukators," mysterious perpetrators who break into the expensive homes of local yacht club members as an act of political rebellion. They wreak havoc and leave notes that read, "Your days of plenty are numbered." While Peter is away on holiday, secrets between Jan and Jule are disclosed and feelings between them intensify. They impulsively break into the home of the businessman to whom Jule is indebted. But their growing passion has made them careless and when they're forced to return to the villa the following night to retrieve a forgotten cell phone, Hardenberg surprises them. They have no choice but to call Peter for help, even if it means his finding out about their betrayal. The trio makes a rash decision and their futures (as well as Hardenberg’s) are put in jeopardy. Ideals are tested as generations collide, passions rage, and loyalties shatter. -- © IFC Films [More]

Starring: Daniel Bruhl, Burghart Klaussner, Stipe Erceg, Julia Jentsch

Starring: Daniel Bruhl, Burghart Klaussner, Stipe Erceg, Julia Jentsch, Petra Zieser

Director: Hans Weingartner

Director: Hans Weingartner
Screenwriter: Hans Weingartner
Producer: Antonia Svoboda, Hans Weingartner
Studio: IFC Films

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It makes its statements on right versus wrong, strong versus weak and capitalism versus democracy without preaching and in an often wryly-amusing, satiric way.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
08/04/05
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

It's as if the Symbionese Liberation Army had nabbed one of The Big Chill's weekenders.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
08/04/05
Laura Clifford
Laura Clifford
Reeling Reviews

A deft, entertaining story that mixes menace with charm and satire with seriousness.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
08/04/05
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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This year’s most articulate statement on film about the current disillusion with politics among young people everywhere in the Western world.

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment Comment
08/04/05
Andrew Sarris
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer
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Starts strong, with an ingratiatingly anarchic vibe, but quickly devolves into a hectoring socialist lecture: a cinematic version of Kenner's My First Revolution playset.

Full Review Source: The Stranger (Seattle, WA) | comment Comment
08/04/05
Andrew Wright
Andrew Wright
The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

A mixed bag of style and ethics fluidly formed into an entertaining and thought-provoking whole.

Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
08/03/05
Jeanne Aufmuth
Jeanne Aufmuth
Palo Alto Weekly

Completely devoid of the usual humor that goes along with such a film, The Edukators isn't quite funny and isn’t quite sad, and unhappily, not quite believable.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
08/03/05
Heidi Martinuzzi
Heidi Martinuzzi
Film Threat

American movies don't have the capacity for such delicacy -- nor can they easily present their characters and situations as impartially as this one does.

Full Review Source: Flipside Movie Emporium | comment Comment
07/29/05
Rob Vaux
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium

Light on action and heavy on didactic dialogue.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
07/29/05
Glenn Whipp
Glenn Whipp
Los Angeles Daily News

A sweet, funny and gripping romantic adventure, it's about the limitations of political activism in this day and age, and what happens when your girlfriend and your best friend fall in love.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
07/28/05
Carina Chocano
Carina Chocano
Los Angeles Times
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Ambling drama shows an exasperating lack of economy and a weakness for diatribe dialogue, but becomes progressively more involving after a laborious start.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
07/28/05
David Rooney
David Rooney
Variety

For a movie that cautions against the crass commercialization of countercultural iconography, The Edukators seems far less interested in changing the world than in printing up some really cool T-shirts.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
07/28/05
Scott Foundas
Scott Foundas
L.A. Weekly

The film is less a bohemian thrill ride than a slow lecture.

Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | comment Comment
07/27/05
Lisa Rose
Lisa Rose
Newark Star-Ledger
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The first film to anatomize the contradictions of the rage-against-the-machine generation.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
07/27/05
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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Weingartner’s movie is never quite as keen-edged as it hopes or needs to be.

Full Review Source: New Yorker | comment Comment
07/25/05
Anthony Lane
Anthony Lane
New Yorker

The dialogue between the captive and the captors gets a little didactic, and the ending is as contrived as it is cynical.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
07/22/05
Jack Mathews
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News
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While The Edukators often suffers from static pacing, it never completely stalls, as Weingartner brings this engaging, thankfully dogma-lite film to a satisfying close.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
07/22/05
Timothy Knight
Timothy Knight
Reel.com

While openly acknowledging the failures of the past, Weingartner and cowriter Katharina Held hold out hope, even in an age when rebellion itself has become a cheap commodity.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
07/22/05
Ken Fox
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Director and co-writer Hans Weingartner provides a witty, genre-busting script for a talented cast.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
07/22/05
V.A. Musetto
V.A. Musetto
New York Post

Three young Berliners frustrated at the iniquities of global capitalism cross the line that separates provocation and protest from serious crime.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
07/22/05
A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
New York Times
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