arseniy

Character psych doesn't always appear to track smoothly, feels more like a story than a study and the summation is a touch too moot for me, but the good points counterbalance all this well. Especially for a crowd-funded indie. The point's clear enough, some really good musical choices, solid casting, etc.

Continuing the time-honored tradition of gloriously bleak Russian movies about the cathartic Job-ness of Russian (and human) existance. A la 'Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman'. A tear-jerker on paper, but also one where the total transcends the parts' sum. Thanks in no small part to the wonderful cast, lead by an actress whose often-understated choices - relentlessly breath uniqueness and soul into this experience. 4.4/5

Exquisite attention to detail. Damn near immaculate really. Every frame, every detail - seeming to've been very thoroughly and effectively thought-out. Yet all this, without anything that struck me as over-pushing or over-selling. Deeply impressive; not just for a movie lover or a comedy lover in general, but also for someone who is not entirely unfamiliar with the specific subject matter at hand.