The Owners

I sadly didn't have fun the way I should have (or wanted to). The characters are all overly exaggerated caricatures for my taste, although I can't say that I don't know a representative of each group personally, and all their replicas and dialogue skirmishes mostly only sound like a well- written script, but still lacking something real. The actors, headed by Jiří Lábus and Teresa Ramba, help it as much as they can with their utmost efforts, and the result is not a bad, but rather an awkward bitter comedy that can only dream of being as good as Forman's or Papoušek’s dissections of human nature. (02/13/2021)

A wonderful micro-comedy from an environment that inspires by its very potential. Jiří Havelka is an interesting personality of today. As an actor, he is handsome but awkward, but as a director he is creative and one of the best from the new Studio Ypsilon generation. His film Owners has a great, even stellar (by Czech standards) cast. Excellent turn of phrase and especially comedic timing. Bear with Us offered a similar kind of humor, but I feel that I will indeed be returning to Owners on a regular basis. "You can build an elevator from the second floor!" (11/28/2019)

An hour and a half of concentrated depression. I didn’t see the play, but it must have made you think about ending it all after seeing it. The acting’s great, apart from some minor exaggeration and (in my eyes rather forced) attempts at humor, but this is popular with the viewers, so I quite understand. I was surprised how realistic the portrayal of the owners was, and I would have gone for a more vicious ending, causing greater catharsis. (01/03/2022)

Brilliantly executed conversational drama with elements of comedy that skillfully encompasses a wide range of diverse characters across "noble" Czech society. Looking at this panorama of human characters, I feel like shouting out that confining it to just the owners of apartments in one building is at least somewhat unambitious. (80%) (01/30/2021)

This film's attempt at depth ended up digging a shallow grave for its own ambitions. Even on a second viewing, it failed to convince me it was anything more than a showcase of robotic caricatures following a preset script. I could have tolerated this if the film compensated with humor, but instead, it offers tedious chatter where almost every character sticks to their running gag and nothing more. (01/02/2021)