I saw this film just now. It's an absolute hot mess!
The script is very weak story wise. There are many instances where the characters act in completely bizarre ways without any explanation whatsoever. The motivations of the characters remain unclear throughout the film! As a result the film feels quite incoherent and the main characters are actually quite dislikable.
The film is very sexist and offensive with its "jokes". There was even one scene, which still perplexes me, because I am genuinely not sure if one of the main characters threatened a female character with rape...I did not find this funny. And since we're on the topic of female characters: completely void of any personality or agency. They are only there to be pretty and provide some reason for the main male characters to be where they are at certain times. There was perhaps one exception, but unfortunately this character was in very few scenes. She actually had the best and most reasonable lines in the film.
Acting: a glimpse of competence here and there, but all in all - not good.
Direction: NO! I think the director has seen too many bad American films and took all the wrong lessons.
Cinematography: I really did not like the camera angles and the way the camera panned really close to the actors faces at times. It just created a sense of drama where there was no need.
Editing: So, as I already mentioned the film came across as very incoherent. A collection of scenes that seem disconnected from each other. I'm sure whose fault it was...Perhaps the director had more to do with this than that poor editor..There was one particularly bizarre editing choice which only happened once which seemed very out of place.
Sound: Bulgarians cannot do good sound mixing. Period.
Music: Overly dramatic and totally annoying at times. I felt like I was watching a 90's high school movie at times! Tone it down, people!
Okay, so this review is already too long and probably no one will read it, but I needed to get this out!
All this being said: making films is very hard and requires an extraordinary high level of competence. And to make it work as a whole is an enormous challenge and honestly I think I wouldn't have been so angry at this film if it weren't to the downright sexist and pretty offensive script.
So there you have it. I hope someone reads this and finds this helpful.
Have a good day!
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