Reviews

This film is excellent in so many ways it is difficult to contain my emotions about it. I'm an American who speaks Hungarian well enough to follow the film. This film does not have English subtitles on the Hungarian DVD release, which is an incredible shame, because it is priceless. It illustrates youth apathy and confusion under both the communist system and during the post-communist transformation better than any film I have seen. Moreover, unlike Goodbye, Lenin!, with an intricate and contrived storyline that takes 2.5 hours to unfold, this film runs more like "La Haine" and/or "City of God (Cidade de Deus)" without the violence. It follows some teen friends around Hungary, etc., while the transformation comes about. It is absolutely priceless and should be mandatory viewing in any social science classes on post-socialist transformation -- if a version with English subtitles can be secured. Stellar, stellar, stellar film!

I went to see this movie in the US with two Hungarian friends last winter when it was freezing out. We had no idea what to expect. We are all in our upper 20s, but we couldn't stomach going to see a lame King Kong movie and this was the only other movie showing. It blew us away! The music in this animation is not only original, none of the songs are pop hits, but it is outrageously funny and done by famous artists -- Ben Fold's being one of them. My wife and I bought the soundtrack just to hear a blind goat sing and dance to the "Schnitzel Song" again. The movie was so good we were laughing out loud in the theater -- even my overly serious Hungarian friends were. Best movie I have seen in years! I now own the DVD and recommend it to everyone -- old and young. I really can't say enough about it.