Weekend Rebels

2023 [GERMAN]

Action / Comedy / Drama / Sport

2
IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 2219 2.2K

autism football (soccer)

Plot summary

Mirco von Juterczenka's novel "Wir Wochenendrebellen" is the story of a father and his ten-year-old son, who is Asperger's autistic. The boy has set his mind on finally finding his favourite football club. But his selection criteria are very specific and besides, he wants to experience all the clubs (no matter in which league they play) live in the stadium.

Director

Marc Rothemund Photo
Marc Rothemund

Top cast

Joachim Król Photo
Joachim Król as Opa Gerd
Florian David Fitz Photo
Florian David Fitz as Mirco
Aylin Tezel Photo
Aylin Tezel as Fatime
Leslie Malton Photo
Leslie Malton as Frau Brinkhaus
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1005.57 MB
1280*534
German 2.0
NR
Subtitles de  
24 fps
1 hr 49 min
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2.01 GB
1920*800
German 5.1
NR
Subtitles de  
24 fps
1 hr 49 min
Seeds 9

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by colinstringer 8 / 10

Moving Story - outstanding child actor performance

I watched this on the plane back from New Zealand. I learnt German in school and am trying to maintain my brain by watching German language films. I have no knowledge of autism or Aspergers so cannot comment on the authenticity of how the condition was portrayed or the parents handling of their son. All I can say is I found the movie very moving and came away with a broader understanding of the issues faced by those who have these conditions and their families. But my primary motivation for posting is to heap some praise on the actor who played Jason. I don't know whether he is autistic or was playing a part, either way his performance was outstanding. They really should have an age related best actor Oscar.
Reviewed by kosmasp 9 / 10

Rebels with a ca(u)se

No pun intended - I have to admit, that I wouldn't have minded more of Aylin in the movie. But since this is based on real people and events - the two main characters are father and son. And they really do a great job ... that doesn't mean that it is not annoying at times ... but that is ... well it is something that comes with the territory as they would say.The patience one must have ... incredible ... and the story that is true ... wow, just wow. I was a bit set back when I thought that they had found their ... well "club", their (second) "home" if you will. You could depict any of those and make fun of them ... it was nice going into so many stadiums and hearing the songs they sing ... I imagine there are more visits ... probably deleted scenes. Unfortunately I streamed it, so no luck for me ... but the movie itself is really well made .. watch it and if you have a heart ... you will be moved!
Reviewed by bohdanascheinostova 5 / 10

Bad representation of how to raise a child with autism

This is the the first time that the fact that my sister has a degree in taking care of people with special needs (e.g. People with autism) helped with my review. After reading the synopsis it was obvious that the goal of "Weekend Rebels" was to have an emotional moving story about finding a way to connect with an autistic child eventhough it can sometimes be a challenge. Unfortunately for me personally it didn't feel that way at all - for me it was the story of how a couple of parents is incompetent to take care of their son with Asperger syndrome, because most of the time they don't communicate with him at all and just shake their heads without addressing what is happening (and I don't think that was the director's intention). I must admit that in the end this film actually made me furious because of the unlikable character of the father, who just have no idea how to raise a child with special needs. Apart from this issue I found "Weekend Rebels" extremely lengthy despite the fact its runtime is only 95 minutes. I wish I could recommend this film because I always support more representation of minorities in television, but sadly "Weekend Rebels" was just a disappointment.
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