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Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Pretty Good

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Perfect cinema ,good laughs with deep profound feeling, the great of this movie is not long only one hour and a half masterpiece especially at the second half,watch it never miss it

Unfortunaly the film has a very clear anticommunist message, so the discussion about politics prevails. Most comments I read face the film this way. As about me:I could understand the way the winners face the history, but I think its a shortcoming to be so one-sided. The communists are depicted like idiots, the Soviets like monsters. Of course this is not an historic documentary, it's art, but it makes it difficult for a viewer to accept pure propaganda. Now regarding the artistic virtues: I found it very good, very much alike Kusturicha's films, but a better version of them. The directing is skillful, and the acting quite good. Some scenes are of extravagant beauty. It also gives an idea of the Romanian spirit and soul, but as I wrote above the political message doesn't allow for a non-objective evaluation.

I fully agree with the brave reviewers who warned that this movie is indeed a waste of time. (I really wonder if the good reviews were written by the director's relatives, or if they watched another film.) At any rate I do not think this is in any way worthwhile because it is like a shallow home-movie, with a screenplay written by drunk men at a bar like the one shown in the film. The film is full of vulgarity and crudity, full of obscenities that seem to be meant to be funny... I thought it was base and boorish. The plot takes too long to become interesting, that is, in case it ever does, I stopped watching at some point. It was just too gross and an insult to intelligence. There are many good eastern European films out there, but this is definitely one to avoid.Many of those who praised the film in this website mentioned that people who don't come from Romania cannot grasp it. I watched it with a person born there and he hated it. I think the movie is just plain junk. The fact that it is supposed to criticize communism is just an ideological excuse to make the film sound deeper than it really is. As to the commentator who tried to sound convincing about the evils of communism citing that Romanians who fought on the Eastern front "saw" how bad communism was during the war -- I must point out, that these "Romanians fighting on the Eastern front" were fighting together with the Nazis against the Soviet Union in WWII, perpetrating horrible crimes against humanity, and are NOT a "source" I would consider trustworthy.

I've seen this movie in a pact theater , something that doesn't happen to often in Romania. The mood was great and I had a good feeling about this movie. I am sorry to say I was wrong.It's certainly worth a look.But … I didn't like the movie…yes it was funny, it had a great,terrific story to tell, great cast! A decent budget, big for Romania, looks great, sounds OK... but as much as I love Horatiu Malaiele, I think this movie needed a better director. Good story, but the way it was told was weak. The acting was not perfect, something that isn't OK, from such a cast, you expect a great performance, it wasn't bad, but should have been perfect.The silent wedding scene is great, very funny, and the Highlight of the movie. The bad part is, that this isn't a funny movie, but it's built as one. This movie is a tragedy, and more then that, it's based on a true tragedy. It is impossible to get close to any of the characters, so it is impossible to really feel that last scene, the scene that should have been heartbreaking… the way this film was made, that last part of the movie doesn't mean anything. Great idea of making you laugh and joyful then making you cry. Made me laugh , but couldn't possibly make anyone cry. This was a decent movie, should have been a lot better… it had a lot more in it. In the end it had a very Romanian feel about it, but of a higher Quality. My score for it: About 6.8 IMDb average, 3.5/10 my score.