'Young Pensioner' is the weakest in Sulev Nõmmik's great comedy trilogy compared with 'Men Don't Cry' or with 'Here We Are', but nonetheless it's is still entertaining comedy with over the top slapstick and some subtleties. The story is very generic love story in heavy slapstick sauce that occasionally goes bit too far with becoming simply banal. The film might be too silly for some tastes (at least it is to me), but the fantastic dialogue is worth to suffer through some silly monkeying. The genius of the writing actually lies in the punchlines that end every heavy slapstick scene with such a punch that after being annoyed by couple of minutes of kick in the but jokes you end up laughing your but off. The actions are very cartoonish, but every word spoken in the film is pure gold.
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Black and white old soviet style good comedy!
kalevpoeg11 November 2007
This is quite good (if you like soviet movies)comedy which includes some hidden inside jokes about soviet system. Now there is DVD version available in Estonia and it has English subtitles! However this movie should be understand in Estonian language. In this movie appear also young Katrin Karisma and some other now famous actors. Furthermore, it includes good old time Estonian superstars like super funny Ervin Abel and Lia Laats! Their use of language is unbearable and total laughingstock. I liked it also because in movie one can see nice and clean '70es Tallinn and soviet era furniture and living conditions. It's so nostalgic. One of most funniest soviet era Estonian comedies! Recommend strongly!
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