As a hungarian movie watcher I am supposed to like this. Problem is, I don't, even though I really wanted to.
At first my big problem was the main male actor's leather clothes - they looked stupid. But I could let that go, and even though I couldve done without the dance scene (and the sunglasses too) I let that one go as well. But in the end, the movie could not overcome script problems, and the love between our heroes was as shallow as the hero's personality.
I got really angry at the movie when there was animal abuse in it - if you have seen it you probably know what I mean...
In the end they put in just about every hollywood cliche the could think of, not that it made it any better. Still, I've seen worse.
14 Reviews
Highest budget Hungarian movie ever
antaldaniel1 May 2017
Kincsem an expensive film by European standards and it does not look cheap.
If you are a great movie fan and look for a great Hungarian movies, this may disappoint you, because "Son of Saul","White God", "On Body and Soul" won recently very high critical acclaim with a much lower budget, not to mention classics like "Time Stands Still". But "Kincsem" is not an art-house movie, it is suitable to any 16+ general audience.
If you are looking for a romantic thriller with a racing horse, this film is good, probably worth a 6-7 star rating. If you want to watch something Hungary-related that is also entertaining, this is probably your best choice, and worth a 8-9 star rating.
The racing scenes are great, the film is a bit unusually but well acted. The soundtrack is probably the weakest point, which alternating between original and bad (Hungarian) cliché.
If you are a great movie fan and look for a great Hungarian movies, this may disappoint you, because "Son of Saul","White God", "On Body and Soul" won recently very high critical acclaim with a much lower budget, not to mention classics like "Time Stands Still". But "Kincsem" is not an art-house movie, it is suitable to any 16+ general audience.
If you are looking for a romantic thriller with a racing horse, this film is good, probably worth a 6-7 star rating. If you want to watch something Hungary-related that is also entertaining, this is probably your best choice, and worth a 8-9 star rating.
The racing scenes are great, the film is a bit unusually but well acted. The soundtrack is probably the weakest point, which alternating between original and bad (Hungarian) cliché.
Undoubtedly, this has been the best Hungarian movie from the last ten years.
rucla-0736623 April 2017
If you love horses, watch it. If you just want to see a movie that has a great story alloying drama and action, watch it.
Not only is Kincsem a great horse movie but also represents accurately the underlying tension between the two countries in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. I particularly enjoyed the jokes, but I am aware that these were primarily created for the Hungarian viewers. No worries, this does not mean you lose a lot, and the exciting scenes along with the breathtaking landscapes are going to make you wish you could hop on a horse and ride off into the sunset.
I would like to highlight the horse scenes which were amazingly detailed and seemed real. The story was well established and not predictable, the conversations and conflicts were exciting.
Undoubtedly, this has been the best Hungarian movie from the last ten years.
I highly recommend watching it.
Not only is Kincsem a great horse movie but also represents accurately the underlying tension between the two countries in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. I particularly enjoyed the jokes, but I am aware that these were primarily created for the Hungarian viewers. No worries, this does not mean you lose a lot, and the exciting scenes along with the breathtaking landscapes are going to make you wish you could hop on a horse and ride off into the sunset.
I would like to highlight the horse scenes which were amazingly detailed and seemed real. The story was well established and not predictable, the conversations and conflicts were exciting.
Undoubtedly, this has been the best Hungarian movie from the last ten years.
I highly recommend watching it.
nice
Kirpianuscus12 June 2018
High budget, nice story, Hungarian patriotic emotions. and slices from XIX century in Austro - Hungarian Empire. the basic good point - the horse. maybe, the humor , too. a nice film. romanticism with soap opera taste, love, ambition, revenge. and decent performances. the basic rule - to not see it too serious. because, in many aspects, from the eccentricity to the poor Tsar, many aspects are jokes.and that make me nostalgic for the top Hungarian cinema before 1990.
it is like the expensive wedding cake. the taste is not exactly the same like the aspect. or package. but my favorit are the leather jacket and hat. short, entertainment. a virtue who do not deserves be minimalized.
Motivation and new perspectives
toth-monika-1623 February 2020
When the news appeared that "Kincsem" can be watched in the cinema, immediately made some clicks and booked my ticket in Budapest, Hungary. Unfortunately nobody had time or mood to come with me, which made me sad, but with the "I gotta watch this movie" thought I made my steps. Strange thing in a big city to watch an original movie alone, but in this way I got the opportunity to understand and interpret this amazing film in a unique way. Thank you producers and their whole team for the motivation! I let the speculations to the readers :)
Kincsem ...
gracian-2800320 December 2017
This film is really entertaining. The story, the races, the wonderful Hungarian landscapes - all are well made bricks of the great building of this movie.
But the main parts are the relationships. Relationships between man and horse, man and his country, man and woman, man and dust, man and fate.
Nagy Ervin and Petrik Andrea gives their best. Both of them are the best choice for their roles. They are not an actor nor an actress, but they are truly that man and that woman. And their love is so real and unforgettable.
Thank you for all members of the staff for this 2 hours of fantastic experience.
But the main parts are the relationships. Relationships between man and horse, man and his country, man and woman, man and dust, man and fate.
Nagy Ervin and Petrik Andrea gives their best. Both of them are the best choice for their roles. They are not an actor nor an actress, but they are truly that man and that woman. And their love is so real and unforgettable.
Thank you for all members of the staff for this 2 hours of fantastic experience.
Best Hungarian movie since a very long time....
oprebernadett20 January 2018
I truly consider that this movie is one of the best Hungarian movies of the last years. Theme is great ! Moments like the origin of "the selfie" is also funny Petrik Andrea singing Hungarian hit music also inventive.... Well detailed and good quality movie. Nagy Ervin was so suitable for this role and his acting wasn't forced .... which is from my point of view pretty rare when it comes to Hungarian movies...
First loss of unbeaten legend
AdamMem2 February 2020
Most expensive hungarian movie of all time aspired to be a historic drama, but makers saved money on wrong point - this movie desperately need a history adviser.
When I see cheap chinese $2 pocketwatch from alibaba in first scene I lost confidence, which was later confirmed by leather clothes and stupid looking sunglasses. Also scenes from stables and racing shows zero knowledge of moviemakers - racehorses are always free in box stables, not tied in stands as in this movie, Kincsem could not start from starting gates because that was invented after her era and in Europe was introduced after WWII, good 60 years after this story... Zero historic knowledge of moviemakers representing a chauvinistic scene, where the viewer throws the hungarian flag to the jockey. In era of 1870s he throw the flag from 1956... Kincsem not ran against too many horses as movie shows, he usually ran against one or two rivals. He never ran so many Derbys as the movie shows, he ran only one, Austrian Derby. In scene of selling a bill of exchange to Blaskovich was said that Kincsem won a million crowns. True fact is she won about 200 thousands during career, in time of the scene it may be about two thirds of that sum. And finally, Blaskovich can't get a medal after win as in the scene where hungarian nobleman not bow his head in front of the Austrian Emperor but take a medal by hand and put it to the pocket... Unreal scene because medals are never used in horseracing and also Austrian Emperor never giving prizes in Baden Baden, Germany but moviemakers mismatching facts to shows their chauvinism.
Makers of Kincsem take a two real names, Kincsem and Blaskovich, and stuck them with a stupid slimy story that's disgraceful to the real characters of Blaskovich and the family of von Oettingen, who in fact had nothing to do with Kincsem. Real Blaskovich not auctioned Kincsem, not get her as a gift, he bred her in his own stud in Tapioszentmarton. He not lived with her, he not trained her. Kincsem was trained by english professional trainer Robert Hesp in his training stable in Göd, about 45 miles from Blaskovich castle in Tapioszentmarton. Blaskovich was respected person in a racehorse owners society. He had friendly relationship with other owners and many of them traveled with him and Kincsem around the Europe and won a big gambles.
Kincsem never will be a timeless movie like Phar Lap or Seabiscuit, which are the real stories presented in a believable way. Kincsem is not a historic movie, is not a sporting movie, real genre is fantasy. With consideration of average acting performance it's a movie that will be forgotten in few years.
When I see cheap chinese $2 pocketwatch from alibaba in first scene I lost confidence, which was later confirmed by leather clothes and stupid looking sunglasses. Also scenes from stables and racing shows zero knowledge of moviemakers - racehorses are always free in box stables, not tied in stands as in this movie, Kincsem could not start from starting gates because that was invented after her era and in Europe was introduced after WWII, good 60 years after this story... Zero historic knowledge of moviemakers representing a chauvinistic scene, where the viewer throws the hungarian flag to the jockey. In era of 1870s he throw the flag from 1956... Kincsem not ran against too many horses as movie shows, he usually ran against one or two rivals. He never ran so many Derbys as the movie shows, he ran only one, Austrian Derby. In scene of selling a bill of exchange to Blaskovich was said that Kincsem won a million crowns. True fact is she won about 200 thousands during career, in time of the scene it may be about two thirds of that sum. And finally, Blaskovich can't get a medal after win as in the scene where hungarian nobleman not bow his head in front of the Austrian Emperor but take a medal by hand and put it to the pocket... Unreal scene because medals are never used in horseracing and also Austrian Emperor never giving prizes in Baden Baden, Germany but moviemakers mismatching facts to shows their chauvinism.
Makers of Kincsem take a two real names, Kincsem and Blaskovich, and stuck them with a stupid slimy story that's disgraceful to the real characters of Blaskovich and the family of von Oettingen, who in fact had nothing to do with Kincsem. Real Blaskovich not auctioned Kincsem, not get her as a gift, he bred her in his own stud in Tapioszentmarton. He not lived with her, he not trained her. Kincsem was trained by english professional trainer Robert Hesp in his training stable in Göd, about 45 miles from Blaskovich castle in Tapioszentmarton. Blaskovich was respected person in a racehorse owners society. He had friendly relationship with other owners and many of them traveled with him and Kincsem around the Europe and won a big gambles.
Kincsem never will be a timeless movie like Phar Lap or Seabiscuit, which are the real stories presented in a believable way. Kincsem is not a historic movie, is not a sporting movie, real genre is fantasy. With consideration of average acting performance it's a movie that will be forgotten in few years.
The horse and the cat
clanciai2 August 2022
This is probably the best horse-racing film ever made, and it is based on a true story: the horse actually existed and won 54 races and was never beaten. The horse is the main character here, and the moment she is introduced you will follow her closely glued to the screen whenever she appears and triumphs in every scene, even when it becomes really critical. Around the horse is spun a romantic intrigue, a real romantic novel of forbidden love, revenge, horrible injustice, deep friendship turning into the opposite, despair and tragedy, and of course it's impossible to like or accept all of it. Ervin Nagy plays a hopeless character to begin with, but I could tolerate him when I found a close resemblance between him and king Ludwig II of Bavaria - the same kind of hopeless lack of judgement. His friend Tamas Keresztes makes a much more sympathetic and interesting character, while the girl Andrea Petrik, with her invalidity, adds plenty of spice to the show. To this comes the cat, which plays an enormously important role although saying nothing, not even miaowing, and constitutes perhaps the key to the story and saves it. This is a very spectacular film reminiscent above all of "Anna Karenina" with Keira Knightly, and the ballroom scenes must have been inspired from that film. But it's the horses that count. The one great portion of humour is presented by the one Englishman in the play, a jockey, whose introduction is perhaps the most unforgettable instance in the film - in bed. This is an adventure that will keep you alert and on the double in the horse-racing scenes.
I don't get the love...
remuse28 January 2018
This movie was very well-received in Hungary, but after the trailers I already knew that I won't pay for it. It just looked cheap without taste. The hype couldn't fool me. Tonight, when I saw it on HBO, I just... couldn't get it.
How can people really like this film? It has such primitive angles and camerawork, like in a telenovella 10 years ago; a script is a hungarian fake historical soap opera; the costumes 'hungarosteampunk' or what - well, for the creativity I would give it a pass, if it didn't look soooo cheaaap, like made of plastik. The actors and actresses did what they could with the material, which of course couldn't be much.
Maybe the love for this film comes from sentimental patriotism, I can't believe anyone could seriously appreciate this fim, who isn't hungarian. The patriotism of the movie is so cheap and foced it is ridiculous - just like the austrians fake mustache, who are obviously the parody of themselves The only likeable charakter is the Horse, who is cool, because...horses are cool. You just can't mess up that one. Just everything else...
Maybe the love for this film comes from sentimental patriotism, I can't believe anyone could seriously appreciate this fim, who isn't hungarian. The patriotism of the movie is so cheap and foced it is ridiculous - just like the austrians fake mustache, who are obviously the parody of themselves The only likeable charakter is the Horse, who is cool, because...horses are cool. You just can't mess up that one. Just everything else...
At least it had horses
lisbone21 July 2018
The camera work was nice, and horses looked good, actors were also decent. They butchered the style of the 19th century with the modern dance, music, and cheat tasteless "today's jokes". Music was also awful. Script was horrible very cliche and boring.
The last dramatic scene was one of the worst I've ever seen.
If you read 10/10 reviews most of them are fake , paid ones. Its a shame that they spend tax money on this..
The last dramatic scene was one of the worst I've ever seen.
If you read 10/10 reviews most of them are fake , paid ones. Its a shame that they spend tax money on this..
Review Kincsem
anettebuzas1 December 2017
One Huge Star for the story! Another big one to Ervin Nagy, as a high level actor. The third star is to horse, Kincsem.
And that's it.
High budget movie and it looks very cheap! The cast was awful with few exceptions...But the main actress, Andrea Pertik was definitely the worst choice. (Thanks to her the romance factor was zero unfortunately)
With this story...they would have been made a gorgeous movie!!! Feel disappointed.
But again this critic is to the director and to the producer.....
The only thing I enjoyed truly is the horse race and the performance of Ervin Nagy.
And that's it.
High budget movie and it looks very cheap! The cast was awful with few exceptions...But the main actress, Andrea Pertik was definitely the worst choice. (Thanks to her the romance factor was zero unfortunately)
With this story...they would have been made a gorgeous movie!!! Feel disappointed.
But again this critic is to the director and to the producer.....
The only thing I enjoyed truly is the horse race and the performance of Ervin Nagy.
Really?
mountcleverest-12 January 2020
Wasted opportunity. With all the money to spend, somehow they choose Nagy Ervin to star. I mean... really? The guy is on the level of some provincial amateur actors. You don´t know if you should cry or laugh watching him. I would be embarrassed in his place. The music is a disaster. And all looks and feels cheap. Very disappointing.
The sound is terrible
hobliksarolta16 March 2018
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