Mug (2018) User Reviews

why did i watch this now

[berfynaltundag · 5/10 · 12 March 2022]

The film didn't need a big incident like a face surgery to show how closed and unaccepting can people in rural areas be. It could tell the same story with much more simplicity and it could have a more striking effect that way. There are a lot of funny details in the movie that i liked but when it ended i felt like why did i watch this now.

An ironic movie packed both with serious and fun moments

[audrulyte · 10/10 · 25 March 2018]

Just saw this movie in a film festival and loved it. Story is simple - a metalist named Jacek from small Polish town gets hurt while building the Jesus Christ's statue, and is so much deformed in face area that he gets a full face transplant from a donor. The rest of the story is an intentionally stereotype ridden journey of how Jacek copes with his new reality as well as how people around him cope with this new unrecognizible Jacek. There is a full load of stereotypes in this movie, but all of them are intentional and meant to strenghten the effect of pun intended, making for a great ironic look at people with all their strenghts and weaknesses when faced with the unwanted change.

cheap tricks and superficial stereotypes

[kosikowskipawel · 1/10 · 14 March 2018]

I can't understand how a movie using so cheap tearjerking tricks and superficial, false stereotypes attracts so much admiration. It would fit well as a manifesto made in 1960's by some political activists,but now, 50 years later? "evil village community vs poor frankenstein monster", again... really? This movie is blunt moral preaching, not much more.

morality play mixed with dark comedy

[dmlaub · 9/10 · 9 November 2018]

Superb morality play mixed with dark comedy, as well as a fascinating and unvarnished look into the social mores of rural life. We're not sure where our hero is headed at the end of the movie but wherever it is, it's better than home.