This is a terrific movie - well-plotted and refreshingly dismissive of political correctness. Like the gravediggers in Hamlet, the young protagonist's progress towards becoming the super daughter-in-law gives a structure to this charming romantic comedy. This is a very traditional film in its message, and there is a certain poignancy to the closing scene in which the boy and girl, freed by love and secure in the stability of their newly-forged family, throw water at one another while washing the car. The 'super kelinchak' has found her place as a wife and mother yet is as feisty as the mother-in-law who taught her how to become the perfect daughter-in- law. Not a triumph for feminism, this is nevertheless an enjoyable film that harks back to traditional values in which the family is the smallest and most important social unit.
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