Girl on a Bicycle (film)

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Girl on a Bicycle
Girl on a Bicycle Poster.png
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Jeremy Leven
Written by Jeremy Leven
Produced by
  • Quirin Berg
  • Max Wiedemann
Starring
Cinematography Robert Fraisse
Edited byMichael Trent
Music byCraig Richey
Production
company
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • 7 March 2013 (2013-03-07)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageEnglish

Girl on a Bicycle (German : Liebe und andere Turbulenzen; "Love and Other Turbulence") is a 2013 English-language German independent romantic comedy written and directed by Jeremy Leven, produced by Quirin Berg and Max Wiedemann, and starring Vincenzo Amato, Nora Tschirner, Paddy Considine, Louise Monot, and Stéphane Debac. Girl on a Bicycle was filmed in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, and Paris, France.

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Plot

Paolo, an Italian who drives a Paris tour bus, has just proposed to his true love, German stewardess, Greta, when a young French beauty, Cécile pulls up beside his bus on her bicycle – and, in short order, Paolo, following some very bad advice from his friend, Derek, finds himself with a German fiancée, a French "wife", two Australian children who call him “Papa”, and his life upside-down. [1]

Cast

Production

Girl on a Bicycle is written and directed by Jeremy Leven (screenwriter of The Notebook), and produced by Quirin Berg and Max Wiedemann (producers of The Lives of Others). It was filmed in Munich and Paris.

Release

Warner Bros. Pictures released the film in Germany in Spring 2013. In June 2013, Monterey Media bought the United States distribution rights and has released the film in the United States in Fall 2013. [2]

Girl on a Bicycle was selected to screen at the following film festivals:

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, Girl on a Bicycle has an approval rating of 8% based on 12 reviews, with an average rating of 3.30/10. [7] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 32 out of 100 based on 10 reviews, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". [8]

Tom Long of The Detroit News have said that "Stupidity is an international condition. How reassuring", while Odie Henderson of RogerEbert.com gave it a half star and said that "[the film] may be the worst romantic comedy I have ever seen, and this is not hyperbole". [9]

According to Sheri Linden of Los Angeles Times , the film is "more of a foolish plod than a weightless rollick". [10]

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