Plot: In a fancy hotel in Berlin, nothing much ever happens, but somehow there's always a bunch of drama going on. Artists, thieves, and businessmen mingle and they all have ulterior motives for chatting with each other. Nobody seems to be able to escape the hustle and bustle of the hotel.
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November 14, 2024
Hotels are the ideal locations for ensemble movies, as it's a natural melting pot, with diverse crowds staying in the same location. Grand Hotel was no doubt a template for later films, but the different setups just aren't interesting enough (or were vastly improved upon in said later films).
The good thing is that films like these tend to be fastly paced and there's quite a bit of variation as you can follow different storylines. The downside to all of that is that they tend to be quite long. 110 minutes is a bit excessive for a film with very little to offer, but at least it never was slow and/or dreary.