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Tomáš SvobodaDrehbuch:
Tomáš SvobodaKamera:
Karel FairaislMusik:
René RyparBesetzung:
David Novotný, Bolek Polívka, David Matásek, Lukáš Latinák, Jitka Čvančarová, Zuzana Norisová, Eva Holubová, Nina Divíšková, Lenka Vlasáková (mehr)Inhalte(1)
Movie debut from Theater Writer-Director Tomáš Svoboda, tells the story of four friends; passionate water polo players, who together operate a public swimming pool. The swimming pool is closed by local health department. This leaves the foursome literally at the bottom, and one of the polo players is even forced to live at the bottom of the empty pool, after he storms out from his home while having a fight with his wife. The lack of opportunities forces them to start a business as "Husbands for rent" and soon they find their clientele among the local ladies. Each gentleman has their regular customers, apart from household repairs these ladies often have very specific wishes and needs. This eventually starts causing problems in their personal relationships. The story culminates with an unexpected journey to Tatra Mountain Resort where everything comes to a head, but in the end everything is worked out; however, with many surprises along the way. (Verleiher-Text)
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The Handyman is exactly the type of comedy that I would be happy to give four stars to, but it just doesn’t work, even if I close both of my eyes. But it’s a comedy that is more or less nice. I laughed, the characters couldn’t be more pleasant, I wasn't bored. What more could one want from a comedy? Perhaps only if there were no scenes that made me think that this film actually doesn’t need them. For a film to present me with David Novotný screwing Jitka Čvančarová and on top of that acting as if it was cool to do such things in a movie was really baffling. I have nothing against sex scenes in general, but here they felt just completely out of place and made an otherwise fine comedy cringy.
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So ein kleines tschechisches Eigentor. Hier und da gibt es eine Idee, aber ansonsten ist es sehr gewöhnlich, hundertmal gesehen, austauschbar und letztlich nutzlos. Die Grundidee ist aus Filmen wie Ganz oder gar nicht bekannt, in dieser tschechischen DIY-Version ist vielleicht nur der kleine Raum am Boden des abgelassenen Pools ansprechend. Und das ist recht wenig für einen, geschweige denn für zwei Filme.
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Die Trailer haben mich nicht sonderlich angesprochen, doch eine am Ende des Jahres etwas verrücktere Komödie kann nicht schaden. Überrascht hat mich der fast ausverkaufte Saal, wurde vielleicht ein kleinerer weihnachtlicher tschechischer Zuschauerhit geboren? Das sind etwa dreieinhalb Sterne doch angesichts dessen, dass dies zum Besseren gehört, was die tschechischen Filmemacher hervorgebracht haben, hebe ich die Bewertung an. Die vier männlichen Protagonisten mag ich ziemlich, also konnten sie mich nicht enttäuschen, die Damenbesetzung ließ sich auch nicht lumpen. Gelungene Witze gibt es mehr als nicht gelungene oder peinliche, also halte ich Husband to Rent die Daumen.
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Handyman could have been a pretty decent comedy if the creators hadn’t lost their judgement a couple of times without being able to find it again. Several scenes felt like they were intended for an audience suffering from dementia, and I was going to give two stars, but then I added a third one for well-written and even better-cast characters. Too bad about those goofs, this film had much more potential.
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Sexist jokes like the ones in Husband to Rent are repugnant to me. In particular, the storyline revolving around David Novotný and Jitka Čvančarová disgusted me so much that I am unable to objectively judge whether the rest of the film is watchable or not. (35%)
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