Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Natalia AvelonUschi Obermaier
- Matthias SchweighöferRainer Langhans
- David SchellerDieter Bockhorn
- Victor NorénMick Jagger
- Alexander ScheerKeith Richards
- Petra BerndtUschis Mutter
- Inga BuschAgentin
- Friederike KempterSabine
- Milan PeschelFreiberg
- Georg FriedrichLurchi
Recommendations
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Chicago Sun-Times
The movie presents the surfaces of Obermaier's life but never lets us understand who she was. - 50
Salon
Deliciously dumb, reasonably well-made. - 50
The New York Times
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 flair. - 50
Chicago Tribune
The film's tone is utterly indistinct, beyond fatuous adoration of its subject. - 40
Los Angeles Times
Any film that uses the Stooges' drone-y song "We Will Fall" to underscore a drug-love scene can't be all bad, but they, as apparently does Uschi, deserve better than this. - 38
New York Post
Has little to offer beyond titillation and pretty landscapes. - 30
Chicago Reader
German supermodel Uschi Obermaier slept with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, and all we get is this lousy biopic. - 25
The A.V. Club
If the movie had greater style, it might approach the delirious badness of "The Valley Of The Dolls," but it's too dull to qualify as camp.
