Had quite big expectations when saw the list of Estonian actors there. But really was disappointed afterwards. Especially disappointed in Andrus Kivirähk.
The movie overall has no literal point. Okay, I understand that the father dies and that's what brings the family together. It's quite like that in Estonia, that when the family gets together, there are always problems. Somebody needs to be drunk, somebody needs to dig up some old problems, somebody has to sow intrigues etc. This is all very common to Estonians. Sad but true.
So having the troublesome Estonian family come together after a tragedy should be fun to watch? Not really. I think the movie missed a specific point. There was nothing leading to anywhere within the actions or the topics talked. In some way it felt like a movie put together by some clips. Something is happening over there, something else happens over there and so on. The story did not connect very well. I understand that they tried to make this as real as possible but really, who would like to see a traditional Estonian funeral gathering? It is obvious that the story needed to be a bit exaggerated to make it interesting.
About the funny things... well Ago did the job there but it felt kind of not so funny after seeing the same jokes over and over again in the middle of the movie. Didn't really understand the music and dancing scenes in the end of the movie? Were they supposed to be funny? Why did those scenes have to be so long? Those were completely pointless and bored the movie down a bit.
So in conclusion, if it should be running on TV, yeah go ahead and watch it. If you need to pay for that in the theatre to see it... not so sure about that.
The movie overall has no literal point. Okay, I understand that the father dies and that's what brings the family together. It's quite like that in Estonia, that when the family gets together, there are always problems. Somebody needs to be drunk, somebody needs to dig up some old problems, somebody has to sow intrigues etc. This is all very common to Estonians. Sad but true.
So having the troublesome Estonian family come together after a tragedy should be fun to watch? Not really. I think the movie missed a specific point. There was nothing leading to anywhere within the actions or the topics talked. In some way it felt like a movie put together by some clips. Something is happening over there, something else happens over there and so on. The story did not connect very well. I understand that they tried to make this as real as possible but really, who would like to see a traditional Estonian funeral gathering? It is obvious that the story needed to be a bit exaggerated to make it interesting.
About the funny things... well Ago did the job there but it felt kind of not so funny after seeing the same jokes over and over again in the middle of the movie. Didn't really understand the music and dancing scenes in the end of the movie? Were they supposed to be funny? Why did those scenes have to be so long? Those were completely pointless and bored the movie down a bit.
So in conclusion, if it should be running on TV, yeah go ahead and watch it. If you need to pay for that in the theatre to see it... not so sure about that.
