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Sunday, May 18, 2008

THE EDUKATORS (2004)

Well received German film (with a plot that recalls THE HAPPENING/'67, if you can believe it, and a sexual sub-test right out of DESIGN FOR LIVING) follows three anti-capitalist demonstrators (soft-hearted modern anarchists) as they botch one of their stunt break-ins and watch helplessly as it evolves into a kidnapping. The characterizations are pleasingly non-doctrinal, but co-writer/director Hans Weingartner has to force his plot along with stupid/hard-to-believe choices from his protagonists. And, at over two hours, the film runs out of steam long before he reaches his unfortunate tricked-up ending.

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