The Man with the Answers

It's a nice little film, with 2 charming young men, witty dialogues, beautiful scenes and smooth editing. It's definitely worth a view, if you want something calm and nice without being overtly sweet or dramatic. But usually a road movie is supposed to be more than the physical journey. It's often a metaphor of an internal trip too, to find something different, an answer, an insight... so by the end of the journey, to reach somewhere, different from where the character started. 'The Man with the Answers' doesn't give you that. Victoras has lots of things stuck in him about the diving career that didn't give him the freedom of flying he had desired, his mom who left him, loss of grandma, uncertain future in the still shaky Greek economy. Yes, Mathias does coax him out to slightly different routes, an odd stop at a lake or a random wedding... but they all remain ambiguous as does their relationship. Realistically Victoras' problems will remain whether he choose to go back to Greece, stay in Germany with his mom or Mathias... So ultimately this journey doesn't reach anywhere other than little outings and change of scenes. A couple of technical issues; one, characters' lines are difficult hear buried under the ambience noises or music. Two, I've never met a German so witty and charmingly crazy. Unrealistic!

I try to watch a movie with an open mind and not read too many reviews first. I wanted to like this film but for me the characters were under developed, the storyline one sided and just left me feeling unfulfilled. Watch it, by all means, but don't set your expectations too high.

I'm eating this 5 stars only because the actors are okay to look at and the film had potential. Unfortunately we're left with knowing very little about Mathias and I'm not sure which of the character has the answers. I'm also left confused and wanting to know what's the attraction between the two main characters. The story is simply flat. Sorry, wanted to really enjoy this film.

Sorry, I can't stand the character of Victoras. What a grumpy and unpleasant person. The chemistry between the two guys are questionable and some dialogues are cringe-worthy as well. Normally I would enjoy a bad-scripted gay movie if the characters at least serve us some hot intimate moments but such things barely exist in this one unfortunately.

Like some of the other reviews have stated this movie is a simple nonchalant movie about two men on a journey together. These men are together just because and they end up sharing an intimate moment just because, it not complicated. The two of them together is treated naturally without question or complication. The two of them together just is and that's what makes it nice to watch.