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Coconut Hero

Play trailer Poster for Coconut Hero 2015,  1h 41m,  Comedy/ Drama/ Romance Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist - - 4 Reviews Tomatometer 29% Fewer than 50 Ratings Popcornmeter
Tomatometer 4 Reviews 29% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
A teen who spends his days dreaming up ways to kill himself considers his new brain tumor a godsend until he meets a girl and begins to fall in love.

Critics Reviews

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Barry Hertz Globe and Mail Mar 18, 2016
2/4
There's nothing new here that hasn't been mined, ahem, to death in other, similar genre entries. Go to Full Review
Linda Barnard Toronto Star Mar 17, 2016
2/4
Too obvious in its quest for quirkiness, director Florian Cossen's German-Canadian indie about a suicidal 16-year-old named Mike Tyson (Alex Ozerov) has some original moments, but not enough of them to make Coconut Hero stand out. Go to Full Review
Radheyan Simonpillai NOW Toronto Mar 16, 2016
1.5
Coconut Hero turns into a film about an oddball kid relieved to find out he has a brain tumour, a new escape hatch from his small Canadian town seemingly populated by Wes Anderson's bastard children. Go to Full Review
Chris Knight National Post Mar 17, 2016
2/4
If I have to see one more movie about a suicidally depressed teenager who learns life lessons from a pretty girl, I may kill myself. Go to Full Review
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Luke W Jul 27, 2017 Watchable but slow and probably shouldn't have watched a film about death and suicide the way I'm feeling right now.
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Cast & Crew

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Florian Cossen

Director

Alex Ozerov-Meyer

Mike Tyson

Bea Santos

Miranda

Krista Bridges

Cynthia Tyson

Sebastian Schipper

Frank Burger

Udo Kier

Mr. Morrow, Therapist

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Coconut Hero

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Movie Info

Synopsis A teen who spends his days dreaming up ways to kill himself considers his new brain tumor a godsend until he meets a girl and begins to fall in love.
Director
Florian Cossen
Producer
Jochen Laube, Fabian Maubach, Paul Scherzer
Screenwriter
Daniel Schachter, Elena von Saucken
Production Co
UFA Fiction, Arte, Südwestdeutscher Rundfunk (SWR), Hessischer Rundfunk
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 41m
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