Horst in Translation ([email protected]) It is not really anything new that Thomas Gottschalk is a better host than actor and this film here is evidence too. He wrote it and played one of the main characters almost 30 years ago and after some of his films with Mike Krüger already. I guess Germans must have liked this humor back then, but these 90 minutes have not aged too well. "Zärtliche Chaoten" or "Lovable Zanies" was directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb and stars Helmut Fischer and Michael Winslow ""Police Academy" next to Gottschalk. The comedy is very similar compared to the Krüger movies. There is some slapstick, some voice-related humor, some drag and also a romance story as usual. Which of the 3 is the child's daddy? If there is anything one could care about in this film, then this is it. Despite the weak script though, it was somewhat fun to see Pierre Brice, Ottfried Fischer and famous goalkeeper Jean-Marie Pfaff in cameos. But these were not enough to make this a rewarding watch and it is embarrassing that they even made a sequel one year later. Oh well, at least they kept it at 2. I don't recommend "Zärtliche Chaoten". Not a funny film by today's standards.

mail-danny It's kinda trashy yeah, but as already said, it is a good passaway for time! I loved that movie as kid and saw it at least a thousand times! 3 chaotic men, all coming from a different background end up grouping together, after failed jobs. When they help a (not very smart) lady who's car is broken down, the blonde quickly draws appeal to the lads, who now try to competition for the lady's attention. She invites the lads home, as thank for towing her car home. They end up drunk and all sleeping in one bed. All three guys have all fallen for her and now continuously try to win her. The night in one bed does not long stay without consequences, as soon the lady discovers, that she's pregnant, but who of the three is the father? From no on, the three have to hook up together to provide for the baby, which is easier said than done for those chaotic fellas. Quite a bit goes wrong when they try to get jobs with flying pots, breath analyzers, boat races and a Tina Turner wig as a result! After still not knowing, who the father is, the whole story ends up with a big surprise...

Risto_H I got interested of this cheaply-done trash-spectacle just because of Michael Winslow. I expected to hear he making those crazy noises, just like in Police Academy films. Unfortunately there was just a couple of his scenes to make me laugh. The rest of the cast was unknown for me. The script is so bad and stupid that it seems to be put together very fast while drinking German "bier" in local pub. I think this film is supposed to watch while drinking beer, too... Many scenes were very awkward and obvious or tried too much to be funny. The scene where Winslow is trying to clean a hotel room and ends up just demolishing everything in the room... well - it is NOT funny. Just stupid. Overall, you can easily watch this film through if you have nothing else to do, but you will not watch it again.

mistajericho This is a superb german trash comedy staring Thomas Gottschalk who is the host of the most successful european game show "wetten dass".While watching this one i really laughed my head of. It is actually that bad, that you have to like it. Go see it you won´t be disappointed :-)