Otel «Belgrad»

Remember the movie The Grand Budapest Hotel? Maybe director was trying to replicate that? If original was strange, this copy was strange enough. Visually is done nicely, has a brief funny moments that only limited audience can understand and the rest is "running around the set" without a clear objective. Could have been done less chaotic....

There is an priverb:"Shame on you if you trick me once,shame on me if you trick me twice". Shame on people who made South Wind 2 movie,and shame on me for watching another Bikovic movie,Hotel Belgrade.

There isn't a funny moment in this movie,and it is advertised as comedy. There are famous actors,but their acting is FAKE. And why,why...villagers are again depicted as if they come from Borat's Kazahstan-except Borat is funny. Terrible movie,terrible acting. The movie is called Hotel Belgrade,but nothing in the movie has to do with hotel Belgrade. It could be named Danube,Serbia,Wedding or any other name. Something is seriously wrong with Bikovic movies these days. If you are not a girl who has his posters in her teenage room,avoid at all costs....

The overwhelming majority of contemporary Russian comedies are one continuous disappointment with flat humor. Seeing this rating I expected about what I have already met in this "cinema field". But I decided, nevertheless, to watch as this film was advised to me. And I was pleasantly surprised by what I saw here. Not a brilliant, but not a garbage as well. It deserves some attention. For a very, very long time, I have not met in Russian cinema adequate humor and staging.

The story is really crude and simple, but this movie is part of a wider "universe" of content, namely the popular Russian comedy shows "Kukhnya" (Kitchen) and "Otel Eleon" (Hotel Eleon). This film is one of the spin-offs/continuations of these shows, the other ones being "FedyaSenya" and "Grand". It's simple comedy, not a higher art form, but I personally enjoy it very much. This content also helped me a great deal with learning Russian. So before you decide to watch this, if it's even possible you stumble upon it/hear about it without previously having heard of the content family it belongs to, please watch the other shows first. They are genuinely entertaining.

Watched year ago. Seemed like had to review .. btw why short reviews are not allowed here :)))