Un mois en Thaïlande

Not only does this flick promote clichés, demoting women to servile, selfless weaklings, only there to be used by selfish bastards (like our hero), it does so while pretending it's something new altogether.

Director Paul Negoescu's debut is no gem. It does not reinvent the wheel. It doesn't even pose any real, mature questions regarding the human condition.

Instead, all we get to see is banter. People wasting air and giving out ideas like they're nothing. Sure, life in Bucharest can be boring, but when you're as confusing an ex with your current GF, that's when problems emerge. It feels truncated somehow. The subtext is missing. I don't know, every love story needs an alibi.

You'll find none in this movie. And I'm being gentle.

Like others said. It's a romanian movie, don't expect action or comedy, it's just an idea placed in a movie. It could happen, I'm pretty sure it happens often. Maybe the charcaters are dull but that's the context, actually some of the moments are romanian authenthic, no doubt about it.

I liked that I somehow felt a bit young again, watching the New Year Eve events in this movie.. I've been through some of those and it felt nice to re-watch them again.. such simpler times and yet they felt so complicated back in the days. I guess we never knew what comes later.

Give it a chance, it might catch on you.

The ones looking for the The Power of Love remix at the end, search for Minus - Neptun (Heading for Something) on YouTube ;(