Typical Estonian film: great/good actors, mediocre plot, small budget not enabling "smooth switching"... but still with a difference
This film, however, is among the Top10 Estonian films I have seen this century. The characters are peculiar and notable, quite realistic (perhaps with some artistic touch added) - performed both by professionals and amateurs, having "good" and "not so good" performances in both categories. Definitely, the stars of this film are Taavi Teplenkov and Priit Võigemast as vicious punishers, but I was also pleasantly surprised how unconventionally our famous singer Ott Lepland did his part (I have to mention that I do not like his songs and him on stage). Female characters are weaker and have less scene time, and none of them could be mentioned as undoubtedly better/memorable than the others.
The biggest shortcoming of the plot are monotonous and cyclic club scenes.
Recommended to younger and youthful audience fond of painful realism, but due to strong language, violence and sexual topics it is not a family film. And probably not the film appreciated by film critics seeking profundity.
The biggest shortcoming of the plot are monotonous and cyclic club scenes.
Recommended to younger and youthful audience fond of painful realism, but due to strong language, violence and sexual topics it is not a family film. And probably not the film appreciated by film critics seeking profundity.
- BeneCumb
- Sep 1, 2012