This television version of Sándor Rideg's nationwide bestseller `Indul a bakterház' seems to be made exclusively for people who have read the book. I did so, but I still found the TV-movie rather poor. It features only those elements of the book that contribute to the storyline but the storyline is the least important quality of Rideg's book. Everything that could be funny (and that's what `Indul a bakterház' is supposed to be in the first place) is left out or reduced, so only those can laugh who have read the book and are, by the film scenes, reminded of it. I don't know whether this is the sense of a film, and, as I had read the book quite some months before, it didn't work with me either.
My criticism refers to the producers, the director and the bad sound quality (it really disturbs one if the synchronization isn't professionally done), but it doesn't concern the actors. Their performances are immaculate without exception, and they do really good jobs in portraying Rideg's characters, although had created them all rather excessive and stylized. Just as many other films based on bestsellers this one wastes many stars, many good comedians, especially Róbert Koltai, to raise expectations which are then disappointed. They didn't take much trouble to make this.
My criticism refers to the producers, the director and the bad sound quality (it really disturbs one if the synchronization isn't professionally done), but it doesn't concern the actors. Their performances are immaculate without exception, and they do really good jobs in portraying Rideg's characters, although had created them all rather excessive and stylized. Just as many other films based on bestsellers this one wastes many stars, many good comedians, especially Róbert Koltai, to raise expectations which are then disappointed. They didn't take much trouble to make this.