Un prof pas comme les autres

As soon as I see a comedy with such uncompromisingly positive vibes, I have to add a star to my rating. The person responsible for that in this movie is Elyas M'Barek, who plays exactly the kind of character that everyone simply must like. And this goes for other characters as well, including the shy ones such as the one played by Karoline Herfurth, who delivered an excellent performance, which was often a joy to watch. As far as comedies go, this is one of the best I’ve ever seen. I can see myself rewatching these two hours in the future, even multiple times. I haven’t seen such positive vibes in a comedy in a long time. (28/11/2014)

A corrupt teacher in Germany, boy style – and above all perfectly funny. I never expected that a comedy from our Western neighbors would bring tears of laughter to my eyes, simply never. And Elyas M'Barek just put a hundred and one bees in teachers' bonnets. (27/08/2014)

It’s alright. Don't expect any originality, the jokes are overdone, but the film has heart. The transformation of rude pricks into decent people is more like science fiction, but it's a pleasure. (06/02/2016)

It's on the edge, but I'm happy to award the fourth star for the delicate Mr Müller, who demonstrates the only 100% effective and correct way to deal with brash, maladjusted brats at school. The plot may not have anything new to offer, but perhaps no one can doubt that this kind of story is justified nowadays, moreover in such an entertaining and accessible form for the youth it criticises. (14/12/2015)

Fack ju les distributeurs tchèques pour avoir sorti ce film dans les salles en version doublée. Puisque c’est comme ça, je refuse de le voir au cinéma ! En plus, il ressort de cette comédie allemande – la plus populaire de l’année – que c’est un navet[1]  auquel mes zygomatiques ont réagi trois fois, tout au plus. M’Barek joue toujours les mêmes idiots et Herfurth s’est montrée insupportable et antipathique. J’ai vu bien d’autres comédies allemandes plus fun et de meilleur niveau et je ne comprends pas son succès ; c’est un genre de mix entre le film tchèque raté Gympl et le potable Bastards. Nie mehr! Ce sera deux étoiles pour ce film allemand, et encore, avec abnégation et à contrecœur… (24/09/2014)

There are moments here that are almost out of place, that must be here just because it's expected, but that doesn't mean that I didn't laugh during this great German comedy. On the contrary, I laughed a lot and gladly. Great rough character who discovers something more within himself, but mainly an excellent school that wonderfully doesn't work so that something can change. Exactly the relaxing comedy that a person occasionally needs. (14/09/2014)