Léto s gentlemanem

Summer with Gentleman certainly has ideas. That's not its problem. The distant memory of Summer with a Cowboy inspired another summer comedy... What's funny is how many people it was their first feature film (Adamec, Antalová...) and that it's more like a little TV film that looks like a poor relation to real films in the movie theaters. Hanzlík, on the other hand, wanted a relaxed, generational film for people who would be flattered just to meet their favorites again in similar roles they were used to seeing them in years ago. (22.01.2021)

Aunque se supone que es una comedia de verano, lo único gracioso es que Jaromír Hanzlík, de setenta años, escribió ese personaje de un misterioso y encantador seductor para él mismo, que reúne a mujeres significativamente más jóvenes para poemas románticos y recorrer las afluentes del Moldava, pero todo el tiempo actúa más como un psicópata lascivo, que recorre los pueblos en un intento de atraer a las mujeres casadas locales a la cama y que puede considerarse un hombre relativamente sólido solo porque todos los demás personajes masculinos de la película son unos borrachos repugnantes. También es extremadamente bizarro el personaje principal femenino, interpretado por una mujer de unos cuarenta años, aunque de acuerdo con la historia debería representar más de sesenta. La ya bastante miserable historia se intercala aún más con otras situaciones sin sentido, que no llevan a ninguna parte y no se relacionan con la trama principal (por ejemplo, los debates de los habitantes sobre la eliminación de la cloaca, el esfuerzo por conseguir una procesión fúnebre a través de la plaza con carruseles). La película les dice abiertamente a las mujeres que sufrir como víctima y en un matrimonio claramente tóxico es parte del trabajo de su vida, porque "todo es mejor que el divorcio". El sexismo babeante va de la mano con un humor desgastado, y toda la película expresa mejor la última escena que acompaña a los subtítulos finales, en la que la pipa de excremento derrama los residuos por el campo. (25.06.2020)

I quite like Jaromír Hanzlík as an actor, but I definitely won't praise him for this performance as a screenwriter and actor. If the script for this film wasn't a criminal offense, it was certainly a stimulus for the misdemeanor commission for committing crude violence against human taste. Even the opening fall from the bike was directed so poorly that it caused me physical pain. The dialogues were terrible, and I made up my mind about the evaluation after four minutes and twelve seconds. The "great" atmosphere was perfectly complemented by the chosen music, and everything was topped off, of course, by the meander of the Vltava river, the quarry, and Lucie Vondráčková. It's a shame that there weren't any funny scenes from the filming during the closing credits; I would have loved to see Jaromír Hanzlík's installation on top of a tree. I really couldn't find anything good about this matter, and I think even the garbage film overestimates it. But when Prima is the main partner, I can't expect a better outcome. (07.10.2021)

I always liked Jaromír Hanzlík. I was looking forward to his cinematic comeback, so I'm disappointed that it didn't turn out particularly well. The script, which he wrote himself, unfortunately has a lot of weak spots, but I can't say that the story itself offends me in any way. If there weren't so many comparisons Summer with a Cowboy, which is much better and funnier, I'd give Summer with Gentleman at least a weaker three stars. I'm slowly reaching the age when I can identify with Anna played by Alena Antalová. (40%) (26.07.2021)