Baltimore Sun by Chris Kaltenbach
The perfect film for anyone who finds the Keystone Cops a little too understated and I mean that as a compliment.
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Yugoslavia, France, Germany · 1998
Rated R · 2h 7m
Director Emir Kusturica
Starring Bajram Severdzhan, Srđan Todorović, Zabit Memedov, Florijan Ajdini
Genre Comedy, Romance
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Matko is a small time hustler, living by the Danube with his 17 year old son Zare. After a failed business deal he owes money to the much more successful gangster Dadan. Dadan has a sister, Afrodita, that he desperately wants to see get married so they strike a deal: Zare is to marry her.
Baltimore Sun by Chris Kaltenbach
The perfect film for anyone who finds the Keystone Cops a little too understated and I mean that as a compliment.
Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt
Their shenanigans rarely run short of explosive energy.
Determined to twist every character into an ideogram for vulgar humanity.
New York Daily News by Jami Bernard
The slapstick is broad to the point of overkill.
The gusto in the flying bullets, the fleeing lovers, and the flowing music will make you want to hang around until the party is over.
Chicago Reader by Jonathan Rosenbaum
There's something almost wearying as well as exhilarating about the perpetual brilliance of Bosnian-born filmmaker Emir Kusturica.
Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum
A warm embrace of tradition and boisterous, ethnographically rich local culture.
Austin Chronicle by Marjorie Baumgarten
Farcical mayhem. A convoluted plot that's easy to follow but hard to describe.
Miami Herald by Rene Rodriguez
One frenetic movie that doesn't know when to quit -- and leaves you wishing it could go on forever.
There is a point in the movie when this mayhem crosses the line from wildly imaginative to downright insufferable.
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