Something about March brings out the Spring Break movies. One year, Project X, another year, Spring Breakers. This year, it's the adult version, about a business trip to Berlin. Starring the odd coupling of Vince Vaughn (playing a Vince character, grown up in a cool sort of way), Tom Wilkerson (the dad figure) and Dave Franco (the virgin).
The premise of the trip is to close a big deal for this struggling 3 person company. When they get to Berlin, they are told it is the busiest week of the year: Oktoberfest, the Berlin Marathon and Scarpia, a gay convention. Remember those characters: they'll be back.
As a feel-good Jerry Maguire movie, it doesn't get there. As a wild and crazy weekend, it has a light touch. Best is that it does hit the American/Euro conflict pretty well. We get a peek (no pun intended) as the differences in German and American views of a variety of subjects: sex, politics, business, hospitality and entertaining. That makes is worth a light look.
* * of 5
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