The Ordinaries

2022 [GERMAN]

Action / Comedy / Drama / Sci-Fi

3
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 837 837

cinema on cinema dystopia female friendship social satire social differences woman director

Plot summary

Paula, a young supporting character, studies at the Main Character School and dreams on graduating to become a lead.

Director

Sophie Linnenbaum Photo
Sophie Linnenbaum

Top cast

Fine Sendel Photo
Fine Sendel as Paula Feinmann
Martin Umbach Photo
Martin Umbach
Sira-Anna Faal Photo
Sira-Anna Faal as Hannah Cooper
Henning Peker Photo
Henning Peker as Hausmädchen / Hilde
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1.07 GB
1280*534
German 2.0
NR
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25 fps
1 hr 59 min
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2.2 GB
1920*800
German 5.1
NR
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25 fps
1 hr 59 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by DukeEman 8 / 10

Extra fun if you have worked in the film industry...

A wacky idea dealing with an actual cast system - but in movieland, where your role in a film is your status in life, come be it a background extra with no dialogue (in life you don't have much to say and live in housing projects) to being an outcast living in poverty outskirts because you became an outtake (cut from the film, or as they use to say in the industry during the old days - ending up on the editing room floor), or just being that supporting character that has a mediocre life compared to the main character's luxurious lifestyle. This is a movie with a wonderful surreal story that gets a little messy, but still has plenty to say about society's structure, and who controls the narrative...
Reviewed by bertrandma 4 / 10

Great setting, bland result

This is a great setting, unique, reflexive, layered and full of potential. Unfortunately, the scenario which unfolds therein is irremediably generic: your average YA coming of age, dealing with the same ultra-stereotypical insecurities, family issues and non-descript political awakening as hundreds of other movies released this year.The production is alert and ambitious, probably a little too much (the outtakes would have deserved more grit). The metalepsis at the core of the setting interestingly (and innovatively) includes the sound-design, although the end result is mostly forgettable. The acting is rather uneven, although an indulgent spectator will find this fitting with the story. All in all the only real problem are the scenario and script, which are hopelessly bland and lacking wit.YA is a German sickness, and no one seems to care. I suspect those days you probably can't get a film funded unless it stars an awkward teen in the main role, and strings some grand but empty gestures at 'empathy' and 'solidarity'. Mind you, I am largely in agreement with those sentiments, but their completely generic treatment in commercial TV (mis)use them rather than serve them. And what we end up with, instead of being Snowpiercer-meet-Charlie Kaufmann, is yet another Harry Potter-meet-1984.
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