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Tomáš BařinaDrehbuch:
Michal VieweghKamera:
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Zdeněk VřešťálBesetzung:
Miroslav Donutil, Miroslav Vladyka, Vanda Hybnerová, Táňa Pauhofová, Jan Budař, Filip Čapka, Agi Gubíková, Pavel Řezníček, Igor Chmela, Lukáš Langmajer (mehr)Inhalte(1)
A bittersweet comedy based on the novel from Czech bestselling author Michal Viewegh. (Verleiher-Text)
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To be honest, I wasn't really looking forward to this movie. From the trailers it looked "not great". But in the end, I enjoyed it mainly because of its cast. Donutil's role was really top notch. I left the cinema with a smile and a lot of laughs...I will gladly watch Novel for Men again. FUNNY.
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Eine unsinnige Sammlung überzogenen Aufnahmen, Aufzugsmusik und billigem Geschmiere für diejenigen, die sich kaputtlachen, wenn der bekannte tschechische Schauspieler Donutil mal irgendwo im Film "du Sau" sagt und die eine Beule in der Hose haben, sofern denn der hübschen Tánička mal etwas mehr aus dem Dekolleté schauen würde“. Vieweghs Buchversion bewahrte sich zumindest einen gewissen Reiz dank dem Überblick des Autors über dem Leser-Subjekt, aber Bařinas Film fällt auf alle Viere und dreht einem auffordernd den Allerwertesten zu - und dass alles auch noch gekleidet in billig anmutend Spitzen. Vulgärer, erbärmlich und verschnauft - das hier kann direkt mit The Case of Unfaithful Klara konkurrieren - doch jener Film amüsierte zumindest dank des soft-pornographischen Charakters, A Novel for Men schafft es lediglich dank seinen leicht perversen Fernsehestraden nur einen schmutzigen Striptease zu zeigen.
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Ein schlechter Film, der anderthalb Sterne verdient hat, welche ich auf einen Stern abrunde. Daran ist aber nicht der Regisseur, sondern der Drehbuchautor schuld. Uninteressante und unsympathische Figuren labern dummes Zeug und verhalten sich entweder wie doofe Idioten oder doofe harte Kerle… Und das ist alles. Der Stern gehört Táňa Pauhofová (dahinter steckt nichts anderes als meine banale Lust), der Rest Tomáš Bařina und der Musik. Ansonsten war ich enttäuscht. Moment mal… Enttäuscht? Wie kann mich ein Film enttäuschen, von dem ich nichts erwartet habe? Und doch!
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Under certain circumstances, it might have made a decent drama, but if someone wants to sell human arrogance and boundless rudeness as comedy, I have no mercy for them. This is despite the fact that Donutil understood exactly what to do and how to act in this role. I’m sick of what the current standard of "folk entertainment" is. I felt even more feelings of awkwardness than I did when watching From Subway with Love, but this time it was not because I was a man, but due to the screenwriter because if this is what his world looks like, I sincerely pity him.
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Tomáš Bařina wanted to aim even higher than with Grapes. He exchanged the optimistic search for a sweet summer for an apparent bet on certainty. After all, Michal Viewegh is popular with all layers of readers and adaptations of his works, despite their level of quality, have always been successful. Except this one. The author's screenplay ambiguously plays both on the tone of absurdly humorous and also on the melancholic/thoughtful, which was always the priority for me. People who came to the cinema expecting vulgar fun, led by the bon vivant Miroslav Donutil, must have inevitably been stunned as early as the opening credits. And the viewers who, after trailers unnecessarily highlighting all the swear words you will hear in the film, wanted to indulge in new Czech nonsense, could make their argument both from those vulgarities and the lascivious plot. And it's a pity because it's obvious that Bařina and Viewegh wanted to turn the genre of vulgar frivolous Czech comedies upside down and create a clever absurdity, optimism with a sad smile, or maybe just a good film. They succeeded, but precisely because they try on multiple fronts, they could only succeed with a smaller percentage of the audience spectrum.
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I found the film boring at times, I could sure do without those constant scenic rides that Czech filmmakers are so fond of for some reason. Otherwise, the story was quite watchable, but I would appreciate a larger portion of humor. And now for the positives. The actors in the roles of the three siblings gave excellent performances – three completely different characters and all of them well-acted. I also appreciate the excellent parody of Matušovič, Filip Čapka really cracked me up.
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