A funny, silly, gross movie about a Serbian boy who promises his
grandfather he shall return from the city with an icon of St. Nicolas, a
souvenir and a wife.
With the way the story starts off, goofy characters and slapstick humor you'd expect this movie to be just another clean family comedy pandering to everybody. However the explicit and unabashed way the movie goes about making fun of everything from bestiality and sexual discovery just makes the film feel so unique and refreshing.
The films goofy/slapstick humor doesn't feel like what you'd expect when its talking about forced prostitution, corruption etc, but it works keeping the film light-hearted and consistently easy to digest. In fact the simplicity of the story makes it feel like one you'd see in a children’s' story book.
Most films about Serbia I've seen seem to be dark and gloomy, while this movie doesn't make Serbia seem like a country without problems the humor infuses a sense of optimism and self assurance that makes the problems seem irrelevant.
The characters are likable and funny, all with their own unique back stories. The music which is upbeat and light hearted is very important to setting up the tone of the movie.
Overall the film is very funny, gross and interesting piece about life in a post soviet republic.
With the way the story starts off, goofy characters and slapstick humor you'd expect this movie to be just another clean family comedy pandering to everybody. However the explicit and unabashed way the movie goes about making fun of everything from bestiality and sexual discovery just makes the film feel so unique and refreshing.
The films goofy/slapstick humor doesn't feel like what you'd expect when its talking about forced prostitution, corruption etc, but it works keeping the film light-hearted and consistently easy to digest. In fact the simplicity of the story makes it feel like one you'd see in a children’s' story book.
Most films about Serbia I've seen seem to be dark and gloomy, while this movie doesn't make Serbia seem like a country without problems the humor infuses a sense of optimism and self assurance that makes the problems seem irrelevant.
The characters are likable and funny, all with their own unique back stories. The music which is upbeat and light hearted is very important to setting up the tone of the movie.
Overall the film is very funny, gross and interesting piece about life in a post soviet republic.
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