Vares: Private Eye(Vares – Yksityisetsivä)
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Finland · 2004
1h 35m
Director Aleksi Mäkelä
Starring Juha Veijonen, Laura Malmivaara, Jari Halonen, Markku Peltola
Genre Action, Comedy, Crime
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Vares, a film noir comedy from Finland, is yet another twist on PULP FICTION. And, just in case we miss the similarities of splattered blood mixed with outrageous incidents, the movie explicitly references PULP FICTION and has a comedic scene in which two guys argue about McDonald's hamburgers. Still, VARES - PRIVATE EYE, by director Aleksi Mäkelä, manages to be kind of fun even not especially original. The script has more characters than the screenwriter can handle, leaving the audience frequently confused about who is doing what and why. The two best scenes are one about a wacky wedding and another about a guy who answers a cell phone call while he is busy enjoying the pleasures of a sex parlor.
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