Rotten
It has few human insights, and those of the most obvious kind. But it is not boring. That goes for something.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Eight Miles High
2007 · 1h 54m · Unrated
Comedy, Drama, Music
Directed by
Achim Bornhak
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Eight Miles High
Overview
Achim Bornhak's movie focuses on the restless life of Uschi Obermaier, the icon of the 1968 movement in Germany and groupie. At the age of 16, Uschi is bored by her job in a photo lab, but soon becomes the "it girl" of Munich's club scene. When she gets to know Rainer Langhans, they move to Berlin and live in "Kommune 1", the first politically-motivated commune in Germany. While the other occupants claim she isn't political enough, Uschi just wants to have fun, works as fashion model and leads international music stars in temptation.
Director and cast
- Achim Bornhak Director
- Natalia Avelon as Uschi Obermaier
- Matthias Schweighöfer as Rainer Langhans
- David Scheller as Dieter Bockhorn
- Victor Norén as Mick Jagger
- Alexander Scheer as Keith Richards
- Petra Berndt as Uschis Mutter
- Inga Busch as Agentin
- Friederike Kempter as Sabine
- Milan Peschel as Freiberg
- Georg Friedrich as Lurchi
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
44%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The attractive but bird-brained German biopic Eight Miles High brings up the question of tone, and it never comes close to answering it. The film's tone is utterly indistinct, beyond fatuous adoration of its subject.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Rotten
Eight Miles High, based on the memoirs of Uschi Obermaier, wants to be both a tangy piece of Eurosleaze and an overview of one woman's transformations from the heady days of the 1960s onward.
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
Has little to offer beyond titillation and pretty landscapes.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Fresh
Like most flower-power nostalgia trips, Eight Miles High has the irksome effect of reminding the audience " whether too young or too square " that it missed out on the grooviest moment in history, man. But as these things go, this one goes with
Nathan Lee, New York Times
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