Vyšehrad: Fylm

Nicht korrekt, gelegentlich peinlich, anständiger als die Serie, mir hat es gefallen. Ich habe eine Schwäche für diese verrückte Geschichte, wenn ich mir alle Vor- und Nachteile vor Augen führe. Für mich überwiegen die Positiva, insbesondere der großartige Ondřej Pavelka und das perfekte Gänslein Šárka Vaculíková, sorry, Krausová. Jakub Štáfek darf man natürlich nicht vergessen, ohne ihn wäre dies nicht möglich gewesen. (03.12.2022)

Simple entertainment for fans of Czech cinema and Vyšehrad, I don't see anything more in this film, although I try. The humour is occasionally fine, but what spoiled the experience for me was the firstly it slides very often to primitive, faecal humour with only jokes about sex and secondly that the film follows the classic template of similar "comedies": a funny development - collision - sad part and happy ending. It's as if the film is afraid to be its own thing. Compared to Jackpot, I have to say that at least the humour in that was great in places, but here it often missed the mark widely... (09.09.2022)

A specific microclimate, where it often rains and everywhere is filled with carp, cockroaches, and nonsense on the brain. While it works splendidly as a satirical portrayal of the Czech football scene (I wonder if Rosa knew the context of his role), it unnecessarily sticks to the formula of sports-family films. Lavi has time for this after he fulfills most of George Best’s quotes and stocks shelves at the Vyšehrad supermarket. That is, if his liver allows for it. (29.12.2022)

An absolute comedic treasure that stomps most Czech film production into the grass with its high-heels. I don't particularly appreciate the football references (after all, I'm not really a fan of that sport), but the rest is a thoughtful play with cliches, which, in this case, means a wild ride and full throttle in every aspect. Of course, sometimes it misses the mark completely, but Štáfek and Kopp extracted the best from the first episodes of the series, avoided the tragedy of its ending, and in a mode of "everything more, louder and noisier," they serve up a wild and nonsensical gem, but they sing that ode to one primitive character with such grace and ease that I forgive them for a few errors. PS: Štáfek parked himself so magnificently in that role that I'll have trouble seeing him in anything else, but in dialogues with the junior from that role, he completely falls behind. (18.12.2023)

The best Czech comedy in the last 20 years. For me personally, a new Czech favourite, which I will watch every year about five times. I wasn't that impressed with the series, but the film is very good in many ways. Everything works absolutely right, I am not a football fan and yet the film managed to win me over without any problems. Jakub Štáfek is a talent, his character Julius Lavicky has cult potential (a footballer with a lax attitude to everything, who prefers partying, women, drugs to the game itself). Šárka Vaculíková takes care of the sex appeal and Jakub Jenčík is the big heart of the whole film (the little guy acts damn great!), he has a great role as a well-read, intelligent boy, and gives the whole film an incredibly funny and original undertone. The film uses vulgar, black, sarcastic and silly humour, but never once does it come across as awkward, because it pokes fun at absolutely everything, and it is aware of this. It's crammed with gags through and through, there's plenty of hidden wit in the details, the actors handle the dramatic scenes – there's a downright emotional one where the whole cinema turns serious after a flood of laughter. I cried and roared with laughter along with the whole cinema. The atmosphere at the cinema was absolutely perfect. The soundtrack is also great and there is a glimpse into the corruption of the betting mafia and football. The film doses humour with such intensity that it does let the viewer breath or think about anything else, in short, a great thing even for the 40+ age group. 10/10 (28.04.2022)