Right then. This is where everyfilm earns its reputation.
I know that it's all very nice filing reviews of movies I've seen on DVD, Virgin Media or Netflix but what you really want is for me and Mrs W to get up at 6.30am and drive to London to watch Turkish films.
Who are we to disappoint?
Thankfully, the supreme organisation that is everyfilmin2012 meant there was no chance of a subtitles foul up at Wood Green Cineworld for a third time.
Yesterday, Chrissy from the Cineworld press office checked out with the cinema's management that all was in order and so away we went.
Now, the thing with comedies in foreign languages is they take a bit of time to get into. Humour translates less well than documentaries or thrillers.
But after about 30 minutes of Ata Demirer's latest star vehicle, we were well away.
Demirer is an unlikely-looking leading man. For a starter, he is a chunky fella, to say the least. But also he is anything but smooth and his lip is often turned up to make him look permanently surprised
Actually, the latter has become something of a trademark. The poster for his last movie Eyvaah Eyvaah 2, has him posing with it.
But where he lacks in finesse, he makes up for in heart. So, here, for example, his character, Ayhan Kaplan, quickly has the audience (which comprised, in this case, of us and one bloke in the back row) on his side.
Kaplan is a washed up boxer who has a record of more defeats than wins, much to the antagonism of his sponsor who has lost a pile of cash betting on him.
Meanwhile, unknown to Kaplan, back in Turkey, he has been left 50% of a family restaurant which is on land worth a mint.
He is lured back to his homeland and gets to know his kin, many of whom he has not seen for 30 years.
Berlin Kaplani is a movie which has pathos as well as a few good old slapstick moments. One scene with an octopus had Mrs W giggling for what seemed five minutes.
And, aside of Demirer, there is a stand-out role for Necati Bilgic as his cousin's money-grabbing husband.
Both Mrs W and I were pleasantly surprised by Hakan Algul's film and came out with smiles on our faces.
Strangely, it is the second German/Turkish film which has tickled my funny bone in less than a month, following hot on the footseps of Almanya: Welcome To Germany.
It wasn't as good but had plenty to recommend it:
Laughs: five good ones
Jumps: none
Vomit: none
Nudity: none
Overall rating: 6.5/10
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