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)

Embora seja suposto ser uma comédia de verão, a única coisa engraçada é que o Jaromír Hanzlík de setenta anos de idade escreveu para si um personagem de um misterioso sedutor encantador que apanha mulheres significativamente mais jovens com poemas românticos e passeios à volta dos meandros do rio Moldava, mas ao longo de todo o filme ele aparece mais como um psicopata perverso que percorre as aldeias numa tentativa de atrair as senhoras casadas locais para a sua cama, e que só pode ser considerado um tipo relativamente sólido porque todos os outros personagens masculinos do filme são bêbados horríveis e exaustos. O elenco da personagem principal feminina, interpretado por uma mulher nos seus quarenta anos, embora segundo as indicações ela deva ter sessenta anos, é também extremamente bizarro. Além disso, a já bastante miserável história é intercalada por divagações sem sentido que não levam a lado nenhum e nada têm a ver com o enredo principal (por exemplo, os debates dos aldeões sobre como lidar com a fossa séptica, a tentativa de fazer passar o cortejo fúnebre pela praça com os homens do carrossel). O filme sugere desonestamente às mulheres que sofrer como vítimas, mesmo num casamento obviamente tóxico, faz parte da sua sorte na vida porque «»tudo é melhor do que o divórcio». O sexismo preguiçoso aqui aperta a mão com um humor devidamente abatido, e todo o filme é assim melhor resumido pela última cena que acompanha os créditos finais, em que um carro sanitário derrama merdas num 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)