My Sweet Little Village

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My Sweet Little Village

PG

Released Jan 15, 1987

1h 40m

Comedy

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Otik (János Bán) is mentally challenged and single. Pavek (Marián Labuda) is a put-upon family man. Co-workers in a small town, their jobs involve making deliveries in an old truck, but Otik has a habit of botching simple tasks. Because of his co-worker's errors, Pavek says he's eager to be rid of his friend. But with Otik on the verge of carving out a new, independent life, the men realize that they depend upon one another much more than they'd realized.

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

This movie is joyful from beginning to end -- a small treasure, but a real one.

Rated: 3.5/4

Aug 24, 2010

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Paul Attanasio

Washington Post

You end up siding with "My Sweet Little Village" as it rejoices in the texture of an ordinary community.

Aug 23, 2010

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

The Menzel films have become increasingly small and slight and sort of unctuous. They are ''warm,'' but it's canned heat.

Feb 14, 2004

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Ángel Luis Inurria

El Pais (Spain)

My Sweet Little Village, faithful to the standards of Czech comedy, is an enjoyable film. [Full Review in Spanish]

Mar 25, 2020

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

The great Czech director Jiri Menzel (Closely Watched Trains) received an Oscar nomination for this charming, episodic tale.

Rated: B+

Jun 19, 2005

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A lighthearted comedy that serves as a vignette of what was life in rural Czech Republic

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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s r

A entertaining Czech film about a small town and the relationships that influence. I expect this is what many communist towns in Eastern and Central Europe were like.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Its quirkiness is too mannered and its transitions too abrupt to be of much consequence.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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Audience Member

How human this film is! There are no superheroes staring in it but people from the neighbourhood playing that special comedy called life. Playing it with all their hearts and fears. Thanks for films like that.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Sverak-scripted lumpen fluff centered around a manchild village idiot who serves to remind the members of his village that the status quo has its collectivized charms. Everything is played for laughs, but I found something despairing in the shots of Hrusinsky driving around in his crap Skoda quoting Karel Macha; the embodiment of surrender to a suffocating but not entirely disagreeable existence.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Cesky Forrest Gump :-)

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Synopsis

Otik (János Bán) is mentally challenged and single. Pavek (Marián Labuda) is a put-upon family man. Co-workers in a small town, their jobs involve making deliveries in an old truck, but Otik has a habit of botching simple tasks. Because of his co-worker's errors, Pavek says he's eager to be rid of his friend. But with Otik on the verge of carving out a new, independent life, the men realize that they depend upon one another much more than they'd realized.

Director: Jirí Menzel
Rating: PG
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: Czech
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 15, 1987, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 20, 2017
Runtime: 1h 40m

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