I really don't like lame family-comedies, especially Hungarian ones which smell like promotion.
Well, after watching this I had to change my view as it was mildly entertaining, sometimes quite funny, but most importantly, it was able to bring back memories from our childhood spent at lake Balaton in the '80s. Great choice of music, almost perfectly selected objects* and nicely portioned storyline with less negative socialist-era and more positive attitude that people actually had back then.
I expected a poorly made propaganda movie for VEB2023 (Veszprém-Balaton European Capital of Culture 2023), but it's not excessive and probably most viewers wouldn't even recognize that it's promoting Veszprém and Balaton.
If you're hesitating whether you should watch it or not, but like nostalgia, give it a chance. Especially if you like the '80s part in Aranyélet.
*I need to mention some of the goofs which could've been easily avoided:
Well, after watching this I had to change my view as it was mildly entertaining, sometimes quite funny, but most importantly, it was able to bring back memories from our childhood spent at lake Balaton in the '80s. Great choice of music, almost perfectly selected objects* and nicely portioned storyline with less negative socialist-era and more positive attitude that people actually had back then.
I expected a poorly made propaganda movie for VEB2023 (Veszprém-Balaton European Capital of Culture 2023), but it's not excessive and probably most viewers wouldn't even recognize that it's promoting Veszprém and Balaton.
If you're hesitating whether you should watch it or not, but like nostalgia, give it a chance. Especially if you like the '80s part in Aranyélet.
*I need to mention some of the goofs which could've been easily avoided:
- the rims and tyres on the BMW 3 series did not exist in the last century, especially not in '80s.
- A modern police car is visible in the closing scene.
- during the beach scenes, the family is obviously on the southern side of the lake, probably that's where the producers found untouched old walking paths.