It's an argument to be made on either side - comedy is working in this one too, which is not always a given with German movies. But what really works is the acting, which did surprise me. Both lead actors are spot on and have a crucial impact on how the movie works. It is not enough to have a good story, it's important to have the right ingredients too.

Having said that, I really loved what they did here and if you care about characters with flaws, this movie is right for you. Great acting, which is not a given in German theatres. But let's stay positive, the realness factor here is amazing. Some cliches will be used ... it's just how it works overall (the movie that is)

Isi is the daughter of some rich parents who have definite ideas about how she will need to live her life. This means Isi is to go to university even though she hates school. Ossi is poor and has had to struggle for everything he has. He has a strong devotion to his friends and family - maybe too much. Isi rebels and gets the idea that she will get a job in the "bad" section of town and get a boyfriend that would be totally unacceptable to her parents. - Ossi - to get her parents to let her have her trust fund and study as a chef instead of going to University. After a rather disastrous date, Isi offers Ossi money from her trust fund if he will pretend to be a scum ball and freak out her parents. And a fake, but maybe real, relationship is a foot.

This is a gem. What worked for me was the Characterization. Ossi is a kind human being who really is just a good guy. In fact his whole family, with expected problems are close and will do for each other what needs to be done. Isi on the other hand is not close to her parents but through her "faux" time slumming it up at her job and with Ossi she learns a lot about her family, herself, and though seeing how the other half lives heals her family some.

Often today in romances the lead couple gets together... we don't know why. But here you can see that each party learns a lot about themselves and their lives and the other half is sort of a piece that completes them in some way.

Also both leads are very handsome so... there is that. Be advised, it is dubbed. Always difficult.

In all honesty, a romcom depends more on the lead actors and the chemistry between them than it does on having an innovative plot. That's lucky in this case, because we do have good leads while we don't have a particularly original plot.

Isi (Lisa Vicari) is daughter to obscenely wealthy parents and in particular a domineering mother, played by Christina Hecke. Lisa was apparently in The Dark (also on Netflix). To be honest, I don't remember her from that, but I can tell you that this film is much better. Isi's mother would like her to go to university while she herself wants to do a cookery course. She crosses the tracks - or in this case the river - to get a rebellious job in a burger bar and pick up "a bit of rough" in a slightly unlikely plan to encourage her parents to pay for her course.

The first bit of rough she casts eyes upon is Ossi, a would be boxer played by Dennis Mojen. You shouldn't have much trouble filling out the rest of the plot from here, but what it lacks in originality it makes up for with a lightness of spirit and touches refreshing humour.

Isi's Obligatory Confidante (OC) is Camilla Victoria Maria Patricia Mercedes Sissi Marion Phillipp Béatrice Abelina Andresen - a character boasting more names than brain cells. While Ossi has an ODC (Obligatory Diversity Confidante),Tschünni, whose story, it seemed to me, did quite a good, if rather superficial, job of presenting the pressures facing today's German immigrants.

Both of the main English dubbing actors get a name check on IMDB and that's justified as they were very convincing and you really can forget that the movie is even dubbed at all. There were little flaws if you look for them but not significant enough to detract from a solid 8/10.