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  • 2012
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  • Leisure Time Features
  • 2 h 10 m
  • 2012
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  • Leisure Time Features
  • 2 h 10 m
Hipsters

Summary Moscow 1955. Stalin has been dead two years, but not even Khrushchev!s thaw can prevent Komsomol shock troops from hounding hipsters, fans of American jazz, culture and fashion. The student Mels, a Komsomol member, meets Polya, a hipster, while conducting a raid on a hipster hangout. Mels falls in love with Polya while his Communist comr...

Directed By: Valeriy Todorovskiy

Written By: Yuriy Korotkov, Valeriy Todorovskiy

  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Leisure Time Features
  • 2 h 10 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Leisure Time Features
  • 2 h 10 m

Hipsters

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
67
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 13 User Ratings
6.5
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Summary Moscow 1955. Stalin has been dead two years, but not even Khrushchev!s thaw can prevent Komsomol shock troops from hounding hipsters, fans of American jazz, culture and fashion. The student Mels, a Komsomol member, meets Polya, a hipster, while conducting a raid on a hipster hangout. Mels falls in love with Polya while his Communist comr...

Directed By: Valeriy Todorovskiy

Written By: Yuriy Korotkov, Valeriy Todorovskiy

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
67
64% Positive
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36% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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64% Positive
7 Reviews
36% Mixed
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0% Negative
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85
Feb 24, 2012
The hipster moment may have faded fast through repression and attrition, but in Todorovsky's reading, it was crucially formative on today's Russian youth.
By Ella Taylor FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 12, 2012
Hipsters is also kind of amazing, thanks to headlong enthusiasm and an endearing obliviousness to just how ghastly the whole thing keeps threatening to become.
By Mark Feeney FULL REVIEW
75
Feb 24, 2012
When it comes time for a Hollywood remake, Depp would make a great Mels.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
75
Oct 24, 2011
An over-the-top Russian musical about hipsters set in 1950s Moscow, where getting a non-pastel-colored tie is a mafia-mediated operation and a saxophone is considered a concealed weapon? Yes, please.
By Diego Semerene FULL REVIEW
60
Feb 21, 2012
Hipsters is also a musical (in an intentionally naive "Absolute Beginners" vein), and while everything looks glinty and gorgeous, the story's political edge is dulled by excessive levity.
By Joshua Rothkopf FULL REVIEW
60
Oct 27, 2011
Punch-drunk, decadently designed slice of eye candy.
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50
Oct 24, 2011
Although a massive hit at home, taking approximately $16 million at the wickets, this great-looking but tonally uneven pic won't jive with audiences quite so well anywhere else.
By Leslie Felperin FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 13 User Ratings
6.5
69% Positive
9 Ratings
15% Mixed
2 Ratings
15% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 13 User Ratings
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69% Positive
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15% Mixed
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15% Negative
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Production Company Krasnaya Strela
Release Date Feb 24, 2012
Duration 2 h 10 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline Moscow 1955. Hot Jazz Meets Cold War.
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Awards

Nika Awards
• 4 Wins & 8 Nominations
Golden Eagle Awards, Russia
• 4 Wins & 6 Nominations
MTV Movie Awards, Russia
• 3 Wins & 6 Nominations

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