Skunkyrate
Gripping story with well-crafted characters
Helloturia
I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.
Teddie Blake
The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
Tobias Burrows
It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.
Kirpianuscus
at the first sigh, a story just for the Eastern public. because only a viewer from East Europe/ maybe from Mediteranean area/ could understand the nuances and the force of message. because the basic tool for discover its beauty is to know the status of grandmother in the family. she is the axis and the wise adviser and the source of joy and the educator and the keeper of the secrets, tradition and traces of the past, pieces from the treasure of family identity. this film is about the fall of this special status. and about the price for this event. result - a touching story about hope and sacrifice and faith and trust. and about the importance of roots. nothing more. but real useful. for see the life. and the other. in different light.
Armand
because it is a touching picture of Russia because it is a good support to understand the East Europe. because the performance of Nina Shubina is admirable. a not complicated story. nothing spectacular. not judgment or verdicts. only testimony about an old woman and the relations with her relatives. and it is enough. a film with old special flavor. almost a fairy tale who reminds the solid walls who defines our lives. a film about love, miracle and forgiveness, sacrifice and wise choice. and an amazing character who gives answer to blindness of the other grace to her huge dedication and manner to discover life sense. must see it only for rediscover science of profound simplicity to be heart of existence.
Sharon Porat
Interesting movie, presenting a glimpse into another culture, undergoing massive changes, affecting everyone. Nostalgic, for it presents scenes from our past - cars, home interiors, different appliances. Nostalgic, for the lucky ones among us have been brought up with the aid of a grandma/grandpa - and we miss them a lot now. And of course - Russian - the view, the snow, the music and the people - such a great country, such a powerful life! I enjoyed the film for all possible reasons, it moved and stirred a lot. IMHO - especially for over 30s, for we all remember who helped and loved us in our upbringing years, and feel so lonely without them. It offered me a strange view into so many souls, all so common to our own.
rjcvanveen
I say "Babusya" at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam. It's quite an entertaining movie, but the story takes too long to be told. The acting is good, as is the Russian scenery. The direction is quite good.The story of the film is its biggest flaw. It's nothing more than showing different relatives of "Granny", and how they all refuse to take her in. The movie is only 90 minutes long, but it seems so much longer because of this boring storyline.
