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Explanation for Everything

2023 2h 31m Drama Comedy List
83% Tomatometer 6 Reviews Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
It's summer in Budapest, high school student Abel is struggling to focus on his final exams, whilst coming to the realization that he is hopelessly in love with his best friend, Janka. The studious Janka has her own unrequited love with married history teacher Jakab -- who had a previous confrontation with Abel's conservative father. The tensions of a polarized society come unexpectedly to the surface when Abel's history graduation exam turns into a national scandal.

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Guy Lodge Variety Escalatingly absurd but underpinned by a mordant plausibility throughout... Sep 6, 2023 Full Review Fionnuala Halligan Screen International This film can be a joy to watch on a technical level – as fresh as the generation bubbling up whose classrooms are the setting for this humming drama. Sep 3, 2023 Full Review Leslie Felperin Hollywood Reporter A perceptive take on Hungarian political conflict. Sep 1, 2023 Full Review Michael Sicinski In Review Online Not an equal opportunity satire... that’s not to suggest that Explanation for Everything is politically biased. It’s just rather half-assed, with Reisz taking the longest possible route to travel the shortest intellectual distance. Apr 14, 2024 Full Review C.J. Prince The Film Stage Starting out as an awkward comedy, the film builds itself up into one long, exasperated scream at the absurdity of how almost everything can be weaponized into political issues. Rated: B Sep 6, 2023 Full Review Andrew Murray The Upcoming While it may take its time getting there, Explanation for Everything serves as an in-depth and honest look at how modern politics can so easily tear society apart with hatred. Rated: 3/5 Sep 4, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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M B It takes ages for the movie to really take off. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 07/07/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis It's summer in Budapest, high school student Abel is struggling to focus on his final exams, whilst coming to the realization that he is hopelessly in love with his best friend, Janka. The studious Janka has her own unrequited love with married history teacher Jakab -- who had a previous confrontation with Abel's conservative father. The tensions of a polarized society come unexpectedly to the surface when Abel's history graduation exam turns into a national scandal.
Director
Gábor Reisz
Producer
Julia Berkes, Mátyás Prikler
Screenwriter
Gábor Reisz, Eva Schulze, Schulze Éva
Production Co
Proton Cinema
Genre
Drama, Comedy
Original Language
Hungarian
Runtime
2h 31m