Directed by:
Tomáš Vorel st.Cinematography:
Marek JíchaCast:
Tomáš Vorel ml., Jiří Mádl, Eva Holubová, Tomáš Matonoha, Martina Procházková, Lenka Haluzová, Zuzana Bydžovská, Max Kušiak, Tomáš Hanák, Jan Kraus (more)Plots(1)
At first glance, the film concerns a group of high school friends who like making graffiti. But hidden conflicts affecting the young generation eventually rise to the surface: conflicts between conformity and absolute freedom, between responsibility and living impulsively, between a school experience divorced from reality and the need to seek real experiences. The main characters are gymnasts Petr and Pavla, their teacher Tomáš, and school director Mirka. The viewer is taken from a traditional school environment to a dark, nighttime whirl where graffiti artists live as they wish. There, the tired, stereotyped city is transformed before our eyes. (official distributor synopsis)
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Most of the actors were overplaying while the rest of them were desperately trying to deliver a decent acting performance but the script didn't help them in any way because the dialogue was mostly pathetic. All the characters were punchworthy without exception and I had no idea what the creators were trying to convey. While Lenka Haluzová in the role of Klára could at least distract the viewer in a way of her own, Martina Procházková would do better if she started sewing instead like Pavla. You don't often see such poor acting, and her voice was just bland. In the end, I'm giving one star for the scene with the electrical cable and for the way Ivana Chýlková managed to calm down her angry husband.
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Even though I don't consider graffiti great art and I avoided grammar school, I am still glad that it is still the same two years after leaving high school and will be for a long time to come. I see the problem more in the creative will of a generational statement, which cannot work thanks to the often grotesque humor, into which Vorel pushes the film too violently (cameos of the cellar-dwellers, interviews aiming to provide a crazy catchphrase). I’m giving it a weaker, but still well-deserved 4 stars, taking into consideration how I'll perceive it in ten years. PS: Mádl is incredible and his bright top Czech acting future is already opening doors for him.
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The only thing I knew from The Can was that one famous scene with the bridge and it’s only now that I watched the entire film. Sometimes it is funny, sometimes not so much, and there are a few deaf spots, but the overall impression is not so bad when I look back at other Czech films of the last ten years. In short, a sometimes very honest probe into high school classrooms that benefits especially from the cast and the premise.
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“I’m not being cheeky, I’m being honest." Me too. A crock of shit. At least at the beginning. But after a while it gets much better, increasing to great in the second half. Vorel relies quite heavily on leaving us in the dark about if he means this seriously or not. Occasionally it rides a slapstick wave we saw Elf, then there are fragments of drama, teenager comedy and countless other styles and genres - often all in one single scene (e.g. Mádl’s skulking departure from school). The greatest downside, apart from genre fluctuation, is the sedentary form which is more like something out of an old black and white movie than something for teenagers.
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It's funny and it's quite a critical film, which is actually what I like most about Vorel. He can capture societal issues, and he can also capture the individual problems of each character. The fact that the whole thing is so inconsistent is also true, and there's probably not much that can be done about it. But some of the scenes are really memorable.
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