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Universal acclaim- based on 5 Ratings

  • Summary: Three strangers meet in a late night Moscow bar and spin incredible stories about themselves -- all of which turn out to be lies. (Leisure Time Features)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 10
  2. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. 88
    It's not always clear exactly what's happening in this dark tale, full of barking dogs and slabs of meat. But you won't be able to take your eyes from the screen; nor will you quickly forget this fiercely original eye-popper.
  2. Reviewed by: Robert Abele
    80
    But most important, for the adventurous moviegoer, it's more than apparent throughout this inventive, hypnotic and queasily funny portrayal of socioeconomic chaos that this director is a talent to watch.
  3. 80
    It's another blast of vibrant, vicious, gloomy electricity from the always-surprising Russian film scene, and the beginning of an important career.
  4. 50
    In spite of a handful of striking images--4 never resolves into anything special.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. ArloB.
    7
    Too long. Needed better translation. He's not yet the art director Tarkovsky was. Or the story teller Jarmusch is. But he's got time. And so do I. Expand