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Well, if you are Julius in Doris Dorrie's new German comedy Men, you naturally move in with your wife's lover...
Perhaps the problem lies in the fact that this is, basically, a one joke movie. After all, as soon as Julius (played by Heiner Lauterbach) moves out on his wife and in with her lover, you can predict most of what happens. (In case you can't, I'm certainly not going to tell...
...although the action is amusing, there is something painful underlying Julius' desperation to get his wife back. He takes a month's sabbatical from his job in order to devote his entire time to the task and changes his entire personality. He takes a break from his skirt-chasing activities. He even takes a break from his three-piece suits and rep ties...
DORRIE'S FILM is aimed at yuppies; the fears that Julius has are typical yuppie angst, his problems, yuppie difficulties. The humor is even yuppie humor. For instance, Julius and his new roomie, Stefan (Uwe Ochsenknecht), are doing their laundry and he foolishly puts his blue jeans in with the rest of the load. Of course, the entire wash turns blue. Stefan, who is an illustrator gets annoyed at first, but then says reflectively, "I guess I'll be in my blue phase...
Pretty clever, but not really great. The best part of this movie, though, is not the lackluster humor or even the offbeat plot, but the relationship that develops between the two men. At first, Stefan refuses to rent his empty room to Julius, but after the latter pushes, he consents. Bit by bit, the two begin to become close friends, or at least as close friends as one can become with your wife's lover...