Steineded How sad is this?

Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

sugarmack This film does a great job of parodying Italian stereotypes, especially, as others have mentioned, the tenured public servant. It features a fairly deplorable lead character, Checco Zalone, who embodies stereotypes of laziness, sexism and racism. His counterpart, played by Giovanardi, is his opposite: the modern, empowered woman, who has a past that would generally disturb more traditional conservatives, but which is obviously celebrated in the film. This film tries to parody Zalone's sexism and Euro-centric racism and rudeness, and attempts to demonstrate character growth in Zalone by mildly watering down these characteristics. However, ultimately it celebrates all of these things, by rewarding Zalone with the beautiful and incredible Valeria (why do obnoxious anti- heroes always get these types of intelligent women?) Stereotypes of ferocious, 'tribal Africans' (seemingly conflating Himba and Hamer peoples, while possibly being located in the Horn of Africa) go unquestioned, and, of course, end up loving the protagonist. Despite being offensive, if you actually want to think about the film's subtext, the film is well-paced, and offers some hilarious moments. Each actor plays his/her part admirably, and direction and editing are spot on. To those who advise not to take this film too seriously, perhaps examine the privileges you have that allow you to ignore repeated negative, stereotypes, and the triumph of the white male, regardless of his characteristics, in the vast majority of films, which contribute to reinforcing our daily acceptance of these things.

glr-9 I laughed out loud, most of the film, and I'm not sure why. It felt almost like a dirty pleasure. The movie portrays and even celebrates several aspects of Latin/Mediterranean cultures (which are to a great extent inherited by most Latin American countries). I felt it represented my people and it resonated with me.It does a great job caricaturing the profile of the natural born public worker, who aspires nothing more than a post in public office and the security that comes with it.It uses Nordic cultures to contrast traditional Italian values, and how the world is changing, and what is politically correct, versus what older generations expected.All in all I found it a refreshing break from Hollywood based humor and mindset, the whole you gotta be a winner thing, you gotta be a passionate worker vs the more plain joy de vivre that celebrates life, and does not need work to justify its existence.

Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de) "Quo vado?" or "Der Vollposten" is an Italian(-language) film from this year and what got me really curious about it was the fact that I read it was the biggest commercial success ever in Italy. But first things first. The director is Gennaro Nunziante and he wrote this movie together with his lead actor Checco Zalone, who has the same name in the film and is basically in every single scene during these 85 minutes. These two are pretty good friends and they worked together on other occasions as well in the past. This one here is the story of a man who is employed by the state and things change drastically for him when he gets moved from one location to the next in an attempt to get him to accept a compensation and quit his job as they are not allowed to fire him because of his status. And he solves all these situations in a way that is a lot about charm and also about comedy. So they really rely on you finding the main character likable. Guess what? I almost never did. I, from a very subjective position, found the actor's take on the character pretty unlikable and the clumsy attempt of how they included a justification that halfway into the film he recognized his wrongs (out of nowhere) did not save the film at all for me.But the biggest problem was the comedy. There were shockingly few moments that I found really funny and it was so obvious how they tried so hard to make every second scene a funny scene and it became cringeworthy really quickly as some jokes were really far far away from what one considers good comedy. I would say the female actors in here really saved the film on some occasions as they showed some decent acting talent, something I was missing from Zalone from start to finish and this way they made the film watchable at times and also gave it solid directions in terms of drama, emotion or comedy. But even there were moments that just could not have been saved by anybody. It was really disappointing. However, I will admit that some of the audience members in my sitting had a truly great time seeing this film and there was lots of laughter. Oh well.. if you find jokes about chlamydia funny, then go for it. I myself was very distracted by Zalone who did not work well at all with the main character and like I said he was in almost every scene which felt very wrong.It is very telling that such a protagonist-centered film did not result in any awards recognition for Zalone beyond a song that is in the movie. Thumbs up for Giovanardi and Bergamasco though, they had some solid moment and I especially liked the former, also because of her stunning looks. I cannot deny it. This is what you want your wife to look like after she has given birth three times. So I am really baffled how much Italians appreciated this film. Then again, being seen many times does not equal being a quality film. I do believe that the contents in here, especially the references about contemporary Italy, culture and cuisine, make it more interesting to Italian audiences than to everybody else because we non-Italians may not even get many of the jokes, but I do believe that it is a fairly cliché film. Bastian Pastewka who I quite like could not save it either with his dubbing. Thumbs down from me. Not recommended. And sadly, the success of this film will probably boost a niche of films (maybe even sequels to this one) that really do not deserve to be made.

SynStratos The movie has been acclaimed for having underlined some sad aspects of the Italian economical and political world, using a comical facade. It is a sort of walk through different Italian regions, characterized by common stereotypes.I found this movie enough boring and repetitive, and lacking of real comical elements that could last in my mind and let me laugh again and again. The storyline is very flat and expected.Script and direction are poor, such as the performance of many actors. Maybe the only positive element are the songs, written by Zalone himself, that can sound funny and well-suiting the context.This could be a good movie to watch with your family to have some laughs. It is nothing more than this and I will never be tired of repeating his success in Italy is undeserved and justified only by an efficient promotional system.