Thread: добрый фильм

Originally Posted by gRomoZeka

"Добрый фильм" doesn't mean saccharine or sappy and it isn't necessarily aimed at women audience, so most of the other English synonyms I know won't do, they are too negative.

Oh, I know that's not what it means, but I was just telling you what that kind of movie is called if it isn't done really well.

Thank you, Matroskin! I'll use it.
BTW, does "kind film" sound strange to you? Would native English speaker understand what this is supposed to mean?

Всегда пожалуйста. I think he would understand, but it sounds "foreign" because we don't call things kind.

P.S. Can you give an example of a Western film that would qualify as "добрый"?

Originally Posted by Matroskin Kot

P.S. Can you give an example of a Western film that would qualify as "добрый"?

Um.. It's 3 years too late, but I was rereading this thread and two relatively recent Western movies that came to my mind immideately were "Amelie" and "Les Choristes" (both French, I know). I think they are truly "kind" movies in a way the Russian expression suggests.

Originally Posted by gRomoZeka

Um.. It's 3 years too late, but I was rereading this thread and two relatively recent Western movies that came to my mind immideately were "Amelie" and "Les Choristes" (both French, I know). I think they are truly "kind" movies in a way the Russian expression suggests.

life-affirming? a warm, life-affirming film.

ps. спасибо, gromozeka, for reminding me about Les Choristes. I remember I was meaning to watch that a while back and then forgot all about it.)