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What a Man

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Germany, United States · 2011
Rated R · 1h 35m
Director Matthias Schweighöfer
Starring Matthias Schweighöfer, Sibel Kekilli, Elyas M'Barek, Thomas Kretschmann
Genre Comedy, Romance

What a man is a comedy that tells the story of a young professor, Alex (Matthias Schweighofer), which after being left by his girlfriend Caroline (Mavie Hörbiger), begins a journey to know himself. But how do you overcome the difficulties of a man today? Or rather what is it that makes a man a man?

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Los Angeles Times by

With its stock characters and low-expectation high jinks, the German import What a Man could have been fabricated on the Hollywood rom-com assembly line.

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New York Post by Farran Smith Nehme

The plot is predictable, as complications line up like jets awaiting takeoff. Even the camera work is predictable: The attractive-girl's-scary-boyfriend-suddenly-pops-up shot; the morning-after, face-in-the-pillow shot.

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The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck

While the idea of a German romantic comedy may seem like an oxymoron, What a Man proves an amiable diversion that at least has the distinction of not starring Katherine Heigl or Kate Hudson.

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Variety by Ronnie Scheib

The leads jell well but the film overcompensates to justify their union, surrounding them with broadly drawn secondary characters presented in an uncertain, inconsistent comic tone.

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