PetiMils

The film starts strong, feeling like an 8 out of 10, with potential to climb to a solid 10. But as things progress, it drops and lands at a steady 7.

The story has its fair share of flaws-like how ordinary characters figure out things that should've been obvious to the professionals, which makes parts of it hard to believe. That said, the acting is pretty solid, especially considering the sheer number of characters they had to juggle.

Even if you overlook some of the illogical and questionable choices the story makes, the moral dilemma didn't really hit the way it could have. Instead of pulling you in and making you feel it, the movie just shows the characters dealing with it from a distance. The dialogue needed more punch, the characters' motives felt a bit thin, and there were way too many clichés and predictable Hollywood effects that took away from what could have been something deeper.

I don't like using big words to describe movies. But this doesn't have a single unnecessary thing in 120 minutes of a one-day pandemic portrait of the Serbian family who is celebrating Slava (St. Patron's Day). I don't remember such a good debut and highly believe this film is going to be one of the generation's favourite for the next decade.

Superb acting by Pavle Mensur. Perfectly fitted sarcasm and daily life humour. It's a film about loneliness and misunderstanding. It will make you chuckle, laugh and cry.

Foreign viewers will understand Serbs better; domestic ones will realise there are many families like theirs.