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We jump into the life of a bored young girl who doesn't know what she wants. Because she doesn't know, and is too lazy to do anything with her life, and too annoyed to even think about it, everything goes to shit. And nobody figured out that all she wanted was a good scratching behind the ear, they all wanted to scratch her someplace else. The main characters were flat and boring, like the whole movie in fact, so it was a pretty lost cause. It's clear what the bard wanted to say, so why couldn't the Czech bard say it differently? Why didn't she use another metaphor? (18/01/2011)

Michaela Pavlátová will probably always remain the director of Faithless Games. Where there is nothing, there is also nothing for death to take. Mádl just repeats his regular awkwardness and Martha repeats her aimless would-be rebelliousness from The Good Neighborhood. As a complement to the ancient tragedy of the big city, Novotný, Dolanský, Martha's mother, Babčáková, and other fine contemporary artists roam herein. (13/03/2011)

Very sad film about unhappy people of all ages. Along with the Karamazovs, I consider Children of the Night to be the best Czech film of 2008. The director chose a truly diverse cast, Martha Issová and "her family", Jiří Mádl, the ensemble of Dejvice Theater, Jan Dolanský and Kristýna Nováková. They all portray simple Czechs, mostly on the outskirts of their mother Prague, some of whom are trying to fight for a better future, while others give up and let life drag them along. The plot is not explosive or breathtaking, but I didn't expect anything like that and the insight into the lives of these characters really touched me. However, I am sure that Children of the Night will not have it easy, because it is a very "different" film. Issová and Mádl deserve recognition, both of them play absolutely amazingly. (28/09/2008)