Alicia I love this movie so much

Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Daniel Dillon While I did enjoy watching this film, I will preface that it was entertaining to watch but the film doesn't deliver as well in the comedy area despite being labeled as a dramatic comedy. There were really one one or two scenes in the movie that particularly made me laugh or elicited a chuckle, while most of the other scenes fell short of that mark. That does not mean the film was bad by any means, rather in my opinion it managed to keep my attention and Andrey's character or rather lack of character was something that hit close to home, in a good way though. The supporting characters complemented the plot very well and the situations that Andrey got himself into made me further interested in what was to come next. I would definitely recommend this film even to those who have no idea about Russian film.

Torrevado Andrei is an irresponsible man, who cannot be counted on. He is constantly late, and doesn't inform others. He is not focused on his work nor his personal life. I don't judge him for cheating on his 4-5 women (if you can get away with it, it's not a crime), but he ends up hurting them. For not keeping promises nor knowing when to say "No" to boring next- door neighbors, he deserves everything that's coming to him. Technically well made movie. Very good performances, the mood, music, cinematography are all there.However, the plot is slow and tiresome. By 50 minutes I couldn't bring myself to continue watching, hence the 1 star rating.

jnd02-1 As a student of Russian language and culture, one of my biggest pet peeves is the way people who lived during the Cold War talk about the Russian people and about Russian society. Most people have terrible misconceptions about Russian Society. One of the most interesting epochs of Soviet History is the Brezhnev Era. Some of Russia's most celebrated dramedies such as Rjazanov's "The Irony of Fate" were coming out at this time. If you want to get a small taste of what Russian Society was like (although it is impossible to fully understand what you don't live through), this is one of the best films you can find. In addition, it's quite witty and even belly laugh funny at times Andrei's neighbor and the Danish professor go mushroom picking. If you enjoy films, which perhaps don't focus on plot, but rather conduct deep character analyzes by portraying a series of events and their effect on the characters, then this is the film for you. It is actually slightly reminiscent of American comedies by Wes Anderson and Alexander Payne. ABSOL'JUTNO STOIT VAM SMOTRET' I KAK MOZHNO BYSTREE!!! NU CHTO ZH SIDITE-TO.. BEGOM!

cinephil-5 This is a great comedy about what it means to have a weak character.Outstanding is the performance of Yevgenij Leonov. Everybody should watch this film because there is a great lesson to learn about life.