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Gravehopping

2005 1h 43m Comedy Drama List
Tomatometer 1 Reviews 67% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
A professional funeral speaker leaves his audiences in tears for the wrong reasons.

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Adam Lippe Examiner.com Cvitkovic has a sneaky approach... The actors have such a unique look, often with sad, oval-shaped faces, which might suggest a slowness or simplicity, exacerbated by what appears to be a mostly farm and fishing culture. Jul 31, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member This movie is essentially like getting punched in the face with every terrible thing that could happen to a person and then some. It's presented nicely, but it leaves the viewer disgusted and depressed. Watch it knowing full well you're about to have almost two hours of misery. Well an hour and a half of misery, and fifteen minutes of opening and closing credits. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member It is the worst film I've ever seen... Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member Posiblemente la única película eslovaca que conozco,pero me encanta.Original,profunda...se hace buen cine en todo el mundo..tenemos que apreciarlo. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member L’approccio alla morte di una ristretta comunita’ di personaggi caratterizzata da strettissime relazioni: dal capofamiglia Dedo, depresso e autore di diversi tentativi (dalle comiche conseguenze) di suicidio, alla figlia sordomuta, da Pero –poeta fallito riconvertito in commovente oratore funebre - all’amico per la pelle Suki, da Renata, bella da conquistare, ai balordi del paese. Jan Cvitkovic dipinge un vivido affresco, anche piuttosto realistico sebbene in piu’ occasioni grottesco, ritraendo strani amori e improbabili vicende in un piccolo villaggio sloveno, dove anche la celebrazione dell’anniversario d’indipendenza rischia di trasformarsi in comica tragedia. Se inizialmente di ride anche di gusto, gioie e dolori della vita si alternano poi con continuita’, preparandoci a un magnifico poetico e commovente finale, dove sara’ difficile esimersi dal piangere romanticissime lacrime. Un film di inquietanti silenzi ma molto significativi (l’unico rumore degli ultimi minuti sara’ da brivido!), ma un film dove anche la musica è importante (richiamando le opere di Kusturica), un film spesso sopra le righe quasi a sdrammatizzare tutto cio’ che concerne la morte, attorno alla quale comunque tutto gira, sempre presente anche quando ben celata, pronta a fare capolino da un momento all’altro (ammiriamo come un dipinto una meravigliosa “natura morta”, una delle sequenze piu’ riuscite del film); un film semplice pero’ che cresce fino a un’intensita’ quasi insostenibile, miscelando contemplazione e disperazione. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Quite interesting, but seems to be lacking something. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member A good movie, however Cvitkovic tries to fit too much into this movie and the end result is a bit unfocused. Contains some really great moments, though. Watch it. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A professional funeral speaker leaves his audiences in tears for the wrong reasons.
Director
Jan Cvitkovic
Screenwriter
Jan Cvitkovic
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Slovenian
Runtime
1h 43m