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4/10
Another fast and furious follow-up that maintains the iconic comedy buffoon's mastery of the Turkish box-office...
cgyford13 August 2010
Popular Turkish comedy writer and performer Şahan Gökbakar ("Dıkkat Şahan Çıkabılır") reunites with his younger brother Togan Gökbakar ("Gen") for the third film in their Turkish box office blockbuster comedy series "Recep İvedik" featuring a somewhat toned down version of his titular comedy character than in previous outings.

Fat, aggressive, unibrowed slob Recep İvedik (Şahan Gökbakar) has plunged into inconsolable grief following the death of his beloved grandmother at the end of the last film when in walks spunky college girl and distant relative Zeynep (Zeynep Çamci) to guide him through the required skits of his emotional journey to recovery.

Şahan Gökbakar returns with a slightly more controlled and less foul-mouthed incarnation of the inspired burlesque exaggeration of the so-called 'maganda' at large in the city while superb support comes from the cute but occasionally grating Zeynep Çamci, who had a minor role in the previous film, as the naive young kid who can tame this wild bear.

The film-makers have tried to create more of an emotional underpinning for the comedy creation's character arch this time out but it still just boils down to a series of short burlesque comedy routines tied together by the loosest of story-lines that will only appeal to those with an intimate understanding of the society they are attempting to skew.

"This is just a shell, inside it's still the old Recep"
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A review for those who have been torn between the Ivedik lovers and Ivedik haters...
elsinefilo7 March 2010
Warning: Spoilers
As of today it seems like the kulturkampf between Recep Ivedik lovers and Recep Ivedik haters is going on meaninglessly. Out of 404 people who have voted for Recep Ivedik so far 138 people rated it '1' while 118 people rated it '10'. What makes IMDb different from the local cineast sites is that its voting system is more serious and reliable but for Recep Ivedik 3 people seem to have been torn at the two extreme ends. In a TV program named 'cinemania' the creator of the Recep Ivedik character Şahan Gökbakar said: "I have been telling this for two years and I am really tired of repeating it.If people can see movies like Schindler's List in a cinematic way while they are not looking for 'art' in movies like Pink Panther then you can't just look for pure art in Ivedik either." Gökbakar clearly states that Recep Ivedik is a commercial blockbuster. It is a simple mainstream movie of which only aim is to make people laugh.If people do look for more than that in Ivedik it doesn't make sense for them to keep watching the sequels. Based on the character Recep Ivedik from the Turkish television series "Dikkat sahan cikabilir" (2005-2006) Recep Ivedik 1 had a worldwide gross of $24,878,340. More than five million people went to the theaters to see the first movie and this is a national record which has not been broken again. With its unconnected story,the sequel Recep Ivedik 2 turned out to be a big disappointment for the loyal fans.Still it had the commercial success and now we have Recep Ivedik 3. Recep Ivedik 3 is the first movie among the series which has a decent plot.Our hero,the kind-hearted bear is fighting against depression this time.The biggest help will come from Zeynep, the daughter of Recep's friend from his local village.Zeynep the freshwoman,who gets kicked out of her dormitory is bound to stay with Ivedik since she has nowhere else to go. Studying sociology-psychology as her double major,she thinks that the only way for Recep to get over depression is to socialize.To help him socialize Zeynep tries to do different things together with him like taking part in a music course where Ivedik plays a fipple flute with his nose,a paint-ball war, a karate activity and finally going to see a drama. Ivedik makes pointed,memorable references to well-known things in Turkey.For instance, when he goes to get a movie from the local bootleg CD vendor, the guy suggests he should see "Monkey 3". Ivedik's witty repartee is :"I have seen the previous Ceylan movie.I put the CD on the player. A guy was walking.I went to run a few errands,paid my bills. When I came back the man was still walking" Even this repliqe is a clear reminder to the viewers that Ivedik is not an art house movie with scanty dialog in which you will need to focus on the mere footsteps of a guy. At another moment,Ivedik speaks in English. To motivate his paint-ball team buddies,he uses the same sentences Faith Terim ,the former Turkish national team coach used after the game against Greece a couple of years ago.Terim had butchered English with his poor,comical language abilities. He had used the Turkish equivalent "tabela" ( from Italian tabella)when he could not remember the simple word "scoreboard" Ivedik also makes fun of the TV series Ask-i memnu" (2008)by giving one of the names of the leading characters,Behlül to the sympathetic goat. You can clearly notice Şahan performs a one-man show. He is the only reason you will see this movie and the character he created is the only reason you will laugh.With its reasonable plot and more organized cinematography Recep Ivedik 3 could have been the best movie of the series but I must admit that I have not laughed as much as I laughed in the first movie. Still, I think it's far better than the second movie. No matter what kind of a movie Şahan makes, there will be people who call it 'pure garbage'. If you really know what you are looking for in an Ivedik movie I don't think you will find it so bad.After all, if you just hated the first and the second movie why on earth should you go to the third one? Never mind the defamatory troll posts on the net. Recep Ivedik is neither the perfect comedy movie which deserves ten out ten nor it's the worst comedy movie which deserves one out ten. I can accept that some people may think Recep Ivedik is only a movie which begs to be downloaded on the net but all I can say is that if you just want to laugh and if you do not look for anything else, go for it!
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10/10
amazing work
agenturprisma2 February 2021
This movie is really entertaining. i am a huge fan of sahans work. he is a legend. i can understand that the movie does not attract everyone, i think you kind of need to be familiar with turkish culture in order to get the message sometimes.

One thing i love about sahan is, that he creates comedy scenes which are funny but always have a reflection of a typical tuskish way of thinking. If you watch it you always feel connected and familiar with it. There are sometimes even hidden critism about something in turkish culture and I really like that.
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