By a Sharp Knife

Cinematography is quite good, full points there, but the same can't be said about almost any other point. I never cringed so hard in a movie of this nature. Very deep topic, yet scenes decided to stay included, where actors not only managed to break me out of the emotion, but turn it into a laugh, too. The movie has a runtime of 85 minutes, but the story can only stretch so far. Why not cut it a bit more aggressively on the dialogue part, and include even more of the ambient scenes, like in the beginning where it almost feels like jump-cutting.

I also never counted so many goofs. This is supposed to be set in 2005 judging only by the timestamp on the camera, the time printed on the magazine, and the fact that they still use Slovak crowns (Euro was introduced in 2009). The cars of the main characters are also carefully picked, but that's where the environment thought starts to fall apart. They are walking down a street and entering some building, when suddenly all the cars are modern. I'd assume that they couldn't clear the street for that shot.

I like that the FMPH building was turned around so many times, what a creative way to get more out of your set. I also like that in the means of distribution, this got onto netflix, so that should be an achievement.

If you really have the time, and you want to see a soviet-style country captured with how it's jurisdiction system is so fragile, then give this a watch. But don't expect too much. 2/5.