The movie is about a few feeble male representatives of our former "intelligentsia" class. They are teachers or engineers, I presume. Together they get a load of alcohol just before the New Year's Day. They drink almost until depart. Their brains refuse to work correctly (of course) and they become complete jerks, pushing one wretched and stunned fellow into the airport and sending him to another city, which happens to be the second capital of our country (or is it the first?). There the drunk fellow (who looks and behaves like a complete loser through the whole film) comes to the wrong flat, as if to his own home. A pretty woman (must be a teacher) soon appears and talking, smoking, and singing are to follow (with a bit of arguing and good old love-triangle thing).
The essence of this movie is non-existent. There is no style. The atmosphere is very awkward - it is really painful to watch the scenes with a beautiful woman worrying about such a nerd. Besides, things like drinking and smoking are presented as absolutely normal to human nature. A woman (a teacher?) sitting and smoking, with a vacant look in her sick eyes - this should be a poster for this blue movie. Well, what else to say? Oh yes, on top of all mentioned, the movie is too long.
And don't miss the point: Christmas and New Year's Day (the 1st of January) are very different holidays. No wonder that the characters of this movie look like jerks: they celebrate the European New Year's day till their eyes roll out. What will be left for Christmas, the 7th of January? Dust and bones apparently. It can be a very good point of the film. But I don't think it was done to underline that. It was done to underline emptiness.
If you want to kill time in a most suicidal and sadistic manner, go for this empty drag. Nothing personal. But if you want to see real Russian characters, colourful, rich, strong, and charismatic, go for "Vesyolye rebyata", "Kin-Dza-Dza", "Solyaris", and "Ostrov".
2 out of 10, with "1 out of 10" reserved for the sequel. Thank you for attention.
The essence of this movie is non-existent. There is no style. The atmosphere is very awkward - it is really painful to watch the scenes with a beautiful woman worrying about such a nerd. Besides, things like drinking and smoking are presented as absolutely normal to human nature. A woman (a teacher?) sitting and smoking, with a vacant look in her sick eyes - this should be a poster for this blue movie. Well, what else to say? Oh yes, on top of all mentioned, the movie is too long.
And don't miss the point: Christmas and New Year's Day (the 1st of January) are very different holidays. No wonder that the characters of this movie look like jerks: they celebrate the European New Year's day till their eyes roll out. What will be left for Christmas, the 7th of January? Dust and bones apparently. It can be a very good point of the film. But I don't think it was done to underline that. It was done to underline emptiness.
If you want to kill time in a most suicidal and sadistic manner, go for this empty drag. Nothing personal. But if you want to see real Russian characters, colourful, rich, strong, and charismatic, go for "Vesyolye rebyata", "Kin-Dza-Dza", "Solyaris", and "Ostrov".
2 out of 10, with "1 out of 10" reserved for the sequel. Thank you for attention.