Quote Originally Posted by Hanna

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Oh rockzmom it was you that didn't like it!
Didn't you feel drawn into the situation of the single mother; getting hooked up with this handsome yet dangerous man... I really empathised with her.

And I agree with Olya that the environment seemed well portrayed although I wouldn't know much of that era, in Russia.

I kept thinking that the man seriously reminded me of a guy that I certainly wish I'd never met who was British army officer but not a gentleman....

I'm with the jury on this one!
Wait one minute now... don't throw me under the bus just yet... it wasn't just me... Coffeecup and Basil were not fans of it either!

You had just joined the forum at the time, but when I watched it, I was actually in the hospital (or as I was calling it my "vacation" as I was there for 10 days and it was July; however, it was anything BUT a vacation!!!) and it was the only movie I watched as I did not feel up to watching anything! So, that might have something to do with my thoughts about the film. As I recall, I was looking forward to watching this one and I think all the hype about it might have also clouded my judgement.

That being said, the film just fell flat for me. I remember the young boy's performance was amazingly good. But I also recall thinking that after having seen sooooo many other really very good Russian films and then seeing this one, it was sort of a let down. Especially after I had no idea how wonderful the Russian films were. I was like a kid in a candy store tasting all these new flavors and seeing all these new vibrant colors for the first time and then, then, tasting one that was just so-so and was a dull dusty color so to speak.