Bernardas Šliamka

The story is easy, but hard at the same time. A very beautiful and warm storyline about two men who love each other, whose relationship is coming to an end due to the illness of one of them. About reconciliation, accepting other people's decisions and a difficult but necessary path. About how hard it can be to let go of another. "But if you really love, let go" - a phrase that describes the plot of the film very well. I warn you that you may cry a little while watching.

Although the film is officially a drama genre, such a tense Lithuanian work has never been seen before. From the very first minutes, the viewer is drawn into the action lasting one and a half hours, which does not let you take a breath for a moment. A particularly strong and very well-executed work, impressed by excellent acting, not very broad, but well-realized script. The film was very convincing.

Interesting idea and script, but the realization of the film did not leave a great impression - I would rate it average. The characters seem vague, too out of touch with reality, some things were tried to be shown very directly (for example, the recreation of Zuckerberg in the film), although it was possible to bypass it more symbolically, by making it still understandable to everyone but more subtile.

It's wonderful to see Rolandas Kazlas in the cinema! This thought probably occurred to many after seeing the promotional posters of the film. Even though I really wanted to see this movie when it was just released, I watched it only at the beginning of 2023, and I can confirm that R. Kazlas is definitely not the only reason to see this work. A very warm, sweet story about people's feelings, striving for victory, and at the same time complicated life and environment. I recommend to watch this movie in the evening - I am sure that afterwards there will be some thoughts in your mind that you will need to think about.

Some might say that the script of the film is difficult to understand. Yes, it can be difficult to understand why things happen, why things happen the way they do. I cannot confirm or deny about the functioning of the anarchist culture in Vilnius, about the shown examples of the culture of communication and other things - I think it is quite hyperbolized, but overall, we have a rather unique work in the history of Lithuanian cinema. I was especially impressed by the perfectly created mutual attraction between characters with seemingly completely different character traits - it is difficult to explain, but you can feel it very strong. The film came out in 2010, exactly the same year when the first Baltic Pride march was held in Vilnius, so LGBT people were still almost completely ignored in the society or they were not tolerated, and the fact that the film is not afraid to visually and emotionally show the relationship between the main characters is really brave - it is an inspiring and really welcome decision.

From what I have heard about this film, it was made very quickly, and was heavily criticized for trying to make popularity when the pandemic restrictions and huge death toll was still all around everyone. This is a story about a mutation called Covid-23, which kills people in one day, spreads through the air, as a result of which bans were introduced to leave the house completely. I understand that for most viewers at that time this storyline could have caused unpleasant associations, fear, anger, because it was still not clear how everything would end and when we will be able to live as before. Even though I watched the movie in 2023, I still couldn't rate it very high - the story was engaging, but still was quite easily predictable, some characters (for example, Emmett) were not convincing. But the movie is still watchable. If you like movies about epidemics, the end of the world, take a look, and if this is not a genre that you particularly like, better find something else to watch.

A very solid Lithuanian film, a very good thriller with detective elements. Some scenes are shocking, and maybe even too much, but in the overall context it is a really surprising work of Lithuanian cinematography.

A film about a man to whom reputation is the highest priority. A well-executed, humorous film that will make you think about these situations in real life.

The idea for the film is quite good, the selected actors are also doing their part perfectly, but the final fulfillment was disappointing. Indeed, I think the scenario itself is bad - the action is happening too quickly for the planned number of events. The scenes seem to be jumping from each other, and the emotions and events of the characters are not transferred from one to the other, while watching it seems that there is no integrity left. The solution for this film would be to either reduce the number of days shown in the script by shrinking the levels together, or to extend the duration of the movie, unfortunately the option chosen does not seem very successful.

The film was screened in the Vilnius Film Festival in 2022. A very interesting documentary of a well-known "Sparks" band, which examines all the decades of its existence, the changes that have taken place and the important events of the performers. Personally, it was fun to watch, although I’ve listened to their music just a little, but the presentation of the information turns out to be fun, with some great comic elements to entertain the viewer. I think the documentary fits the purpose perfectly, and the band’s fans should give it an even higher rating than I did.