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Jan SvěrákScreenplay:
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Michal NovinskiCast:
Ondřej Svěrák, Zdeněk Svěrák, Oldřich Kaiser, Kristýna Badinková Nováková, Filip Čapka, Jiří Macháček, Jiří Lábus, Petr Čtvrtníček, Pavel Liška (more)VOD (1)
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When six-year-old Ondra is forced to throw away his scruffy, sawdust-stuffed old teddy bear, Kooky, he prays for the safe return of his furry friend. Later, across town, Kooky is about to be crushed in a rubbish dump when he suddenly comes to life, making his escape into a mysterious forest. The naïve, cuddly Kooky needs help to survive in the rough-and-ready world of the forest and he finds it when he meets the crotchety forest guardian Hergot. But Hergot has his enemies too – the malevolent Nushka and his goons plan to take over the forest, trying to prove that the short-sighted but good-hearted Hergot is not up to the job of guardian.
Using puppetry and live action, Kooky is both an inventive, thrilling family adventure and a celebration of the childhood imagination from Academy Award-winning director Jan Sverák. (official distributor synopsis)
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Imagine you're a kid... and you've got the perfect movie. I like that Jan Svěrák inherited a similar tone of humor from his father, which he elegantly colors with his own ideas. For example, rarely do we see such a humorous expression of a young child's view of sex. Those who are more attentive and mature will appreciate the unobtrusive remarks on the theme of totalitarianism, the ingenious car chase, and all the catchphrases. If that’s not enough, the film also features excellent technical aspects and a brilliant voice cast (Jiří Macháček reigns supreme!)... with one big BUT. Zdeněk Svěrák simply recites his text. His voice doesn't change pitch once and it's terribly annoying. So much so that I’m not willing to throw in a fifth star, although for everything else the film undoubtedly deserves it. Even for the cuteness - because that's how it's supposed to be.
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I'm quite sorry about the fact that most people gush about Kooky's originality, playfulness and wonderful childishness, yet they have no idea about Barta's one year older film, In the Attic or Who Has a Birthday Today?. It has everything that Kooky has, but it seems much more original. Well, back to the pink... Excuse me... The red stuffed animal and his forest gang. It is a very nice film. It’s original, with charming puppets, good cinematography and music. But I still gave it three stars because I found it too long, without suspense in the ending - although it was an "action ending" - and almost boring. Overall, it was good, but I don't particularly regret that I didn't catch the bear in the movie theatre. At home and on DVD, it looked just right.
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A tough adventure drama. Svěrák created an impressive and mainly functional world which maybe isn’t completely suitable for kids (the mom in this movie is the bad guy!), but rather for people who want to return to their childhood. Excellent voice-overs, delightful camerawork, great action scenes (that truck reminds me of the Nazis in that Indy movie and the races in The Phantom Menace) and fine music make Kuky wonderful to watch. Bring on more original attempts at revitalizing Czech film.
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The Svěrák father and son duo have definitely shown that their collaboration thrives in practically any scenario. It was surprising mainly because this is a puppet film, with very peculiar characters as well. It's original, interesting, fresh, with moments of action, but still fairy-tale-like. Zdeněk Svěrák confirmed that his voice is suitable for dubbing, although I had to get used to the voices of some of the actors. In the end, however, it's a film that certainly won't get lost in Zdeněk Svěrák's filmography.
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An interestingly made film, but at its core is annoyingly cute and warm in a typical Czech fashion. I was bored from the very first minute and only watched it all out of respect for the creators, because, technically, they’ve done a very good job that could be appreciated abroad. I guess I’m not the target audience…
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