This morning I noticed a 5.22 tweet that claimed knowledge of how Cannes Film Festival jury chairman George Miller felt about Maren Ade‘s Toni Erdmann. The next time I run into Miller I’m going to give him…okay, not a bro hug but certainly a big smile and an upper-arm pat. It can be argued that I’m not the Erdmann hater that Miller is as I walked out on the 162-minute film at the 100-minute mark, but I couldn’t stand it any longer. I’m assured that Erdmann has a knockout ending but the only way I would re-watch it would be (a) with a gun at my head, (b) in a straightjacket, and (c) with one of those Clockwork Orange devices attached to my eyelids. My 5.13 review.
