Teesklejad

It is a subtle 'between the lines' drama about couple relationships, but its pace is like that of a thriller or horror movie. Not too slow, not too fast. Eye candy locations. Beautiful main actress. The acting is good. People actions are believable. Soundtrack adds a spice to all of that. If your mood is right, it is a very good watch.

This Estonian psychological thriller may be a bit unusual, but it's also quite intriguing. It has a very slow pace, and with that gradually builds up the tension, making you more and more uneasy about the intentions of this other couple, as well as about the strange behavior of Anna that so infuriates her husband. It's all very subtle and atmospheric, with scarce dialogues and only a few hints as to the backgrounds of Anna and Juhan. But it worked, at least for me.

The consistent slow pace is towards the end suddenly caught up by a short outburst of frenzied action, and just when you think that this will lead to a definitive and satisfying climax, the movie ends with a deflative puff. And with the out-of-the-blue suggestive question: did it all really happen? Seriously?! Well, maybe this ending was a tiny bit too pretentious. As for the rest: absolutely worth while, and by the way very well acted by Mirtel Pohla and Priit Võigemast.

One of the most terrible movies i ever watched... literally a waist of time, almost 2 hours of NOTHING.... nothing happens in theses 2 hours, the """action""" begins in the last 10 minutes of the movie, but its so boring that i almost fall asleep.

Out of all the Estonian films, this has got to be the worst. Best way to summarize it would be to quote the last lines to the movie "nothing happened". Unbareably slowly progressing storyline that disects subjects nobody cares about. Seriously, pull the curtains and watch the snow fall for a greatly superior visual and cognitive stimulation. Just adds to the stereotype of Estonians being slow

Not-so-young couples with personal issues, getting together under extreme circumstances, pretending to be someone else, frequent misunderstandings, new deductions based on the events happened - do they ring a bell? About dozen films? Or hundreds? Anyhow, Teesklejad has no novelty, no real thrill, and the acting level of the couples is too different (Võigemast-Pohla excel Rämmeld-Abel to a great extent).

There are some beautiful interior and nature scenes, but, in general, this film has little to give to dedicate more than 1.5 hours of your valuable time. Unless you are fond of pretentiousness and course of events with limited antagonism. And trust me, there are far more dynamic Estonian films, particularly this millennium.