Guys & Balls
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Anna Koesling, Dietmar Bär, Eileen Eilender, Leon Breitenborn, Saskia Vester Director: Sherry Horman Brand: BRUCKNER/ROTT/POTTHOFF DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: German (Original Language); English (Subtitled) Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.77:1 Running Time: 102 minutes DVD Release Date: 2006-09-05 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Studio: Liberation Ent |
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Movie Reviews of Guys & Balls
Movie Review: Fun film if you can get beyond all the clichés..
Summary: 3 Stars
This German film seems intent to roll out all the gay clichés in the book. There are effeminate men, drag queens, leather men and the obligatory sexual references. Guys and Balls certainly isn't going to light the world of German cinema on fire any time soon, but those who like their films good natured and fun will probably get a "kick" out of it.
The lovable and naïve Ecki (Maximilian Bruckner) is a baker's son from small-town Boldrup and has loved soccer since he was a child. Now in his early twenties, he plays goalie on a local team with his longtime rival, Udo (Carlo Ljubek), and is pursued by the gorgeous Cordula (Judith Hoersch), who's had a crush on him since they were kids.
One night after a game at the local watering hole, Ecki is suddenly caught kissing another teammate. Appalled, the men rail into him, cussing him out with vitriolic homophobic remarks. Thrown off the team, Ecki packs his bags - but not before threatening to return with an all-gay team and to beat his former friends in a match. Travelling to Dortmund, Ecki enlists the help of his sister Susanne (Lisa Maria Potthoff) to create his new team and together they troll the city's various bars and leather clubs.
The pack of rag-tag players is indeed a bunch of clichés. There's the closeted Jurgen (Andreas Schmidt), swishy falafel maker Ercin (Billey Demirtas), who loves soccer players - especially the dreamy David Beckham, three motorcycle-riding leather daddies (Markus John, Charly Hubner, Christian Berkel) and Sven (David Rott), the sexiest nurse on Susanne's ward, whom Ecki develops a crush on.
The boys eventually get it on together while Ecki copes with the trials of having a homophobic father - his dead even takes him to a brothel in the hopes the girls can convert him. There are also lots of soccer and numerous bawdy jokes back and forth about gays and masculinity - we're heard it all before. But if you can see past the clichéd oddball humour there are some moments of genuine emotion as Ecki and his mates train up for the big game.
Of course the outcome is utterly predictable, but director Sherry Hormann and screenwriter Benedikt Gollhardt treat their gutsy and courageous band of odd men out with such fondness and warmth that it's hard not to root for their right to play their game against the homophobic and mean-spirited straight boys. Mike Leonard September 06.