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Enlightenment Guaranteed

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Two brothers want to get their screwed-up lives together by going to Japan for a retreat in a Zen monastery. En route, their midlife crisis turns into a midnight crisis when they get lost in Tokyo's neon jungle and can't find the way back to their hotel. It's down and out in Asia's brave new world. With no credit cards, directions, and with no Yen in their pockets, they wander through an alien environment where the simplest everyday thing becomes a major, if often comical, challenge.

Critics Reviews

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Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid May 26, 2006
Dorrie manages to keep the film, and her characters, on track. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jul 27, 2005
3/5
Ryan Cracknell Apollo Guide Apr 12, 2003
58/100
With its lack of visual artistry and its overabundance of expository dialogue, I was bored not long after it began. Go to Full Review
Andrea Chase Killer Movie Reviews Apr 5, 2003
4/5
Doris Dorrie obviously loves these guys, not in spite of their foibles and failings, but, oddly, because of them. Go to Full Review
Steve Rhodes Internet Reviews Dec 4, 2001
3.5/4
Sometimes movies transcend their descriptions. Who would want to see a German film about a couple of brothers heading for Japan to visit a Zen monastery? Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Doris Dörrie

Director

Uwe Ochsenknecht

Uwe

Gustav-Peter Wöhler

Gustav

Anica Dobra

Anica

Ulrike Kriener

Ulrike

Heiner Lauterbach

Heiner

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Enlightenment Guaranteed

Enlightenment Guaranteed (2000) Gustav-Peter Wöhler and Ulrike Kriener star in Doris Dörrie film ENLIGHTENMENT GUARANTEED. Gustav-Peter Wöhler and Uwe Ochsenknecht star in Doris Dörris film ENLIGHTENMENT GUARANTEED. (l to r): Gustav-Peter Wöhler stars as Gustav and Ulrike Kriener stars as Frau Ulrike in the Doris Dörrie film ENLIGHTENMENT GUARANTEED. View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis Two brothers want to get their screwed-up lives together by going to Japan for a retreat in a Zen monastery. En route, their midlife crisis turns into a midnight crisis when they get lost in Tokyo's neon jungle and can't find the way back to their hotel. It's down and out in Asia's brave new world. With no credit cards, directions, and with no Yen in their pockets, they wander through an alien environment where the simplest everyday thing becomes a major, if often comical, challenge.
Director
Doris Dörrie
Producer
Franz X. Gernstl
Screenwriter
Doris Dörrie, Ruth Stadler
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
German
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 8, 2001, Limited
Release Date (DVD)
Sep 24, 2002
Runtime
1h 48m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Dolby Stereo
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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