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- 1997
- Not Rated
- New Yorker Films
- 2 h 50 m
- 1997
- Not Rated
- New Yorker Films
- 2 h 50 m
Summary A group of Serbian socialists prepares for the war in a surreal underground filled by parties, tragedies, love and hate.
Directed By: Emir Kusturica
Written By: Dusan Kovacevic, Emir Kusturica
- 1997
- Not Rated
- New Yorker Films
- 2 h 50 m
- 1997
- Not Rated
- New Yorker Films
- 2 h 50 m
Underground
79
8.2
Summary A group of Serbian socialists prepares for the war in a surreal underground filled by parties, tragedies, love and hate.
Directed By: Emir Kusturica
Written By: Dusan Kovacevic, Emir Kusturica
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
79
76% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
18% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
6% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
79
76% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
18% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
6% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Underground is a unique blend of lowbrow slapstick and sophisticated war commentary, earning it well-deserved comparisons to Ernst Lubitsch’s brilliant To Be and Not To Be (possibly the funniest movie ever made) and the films of Abbott and Costello.
Delirious in its excess, but never less than ferociously intelligent and operatically emotional, Underground represents one of those rare, exhilarating moments when an outsize artistic vision is fueled by an apparently unlimited budget. Not to be missed.
Emir Kusturica's epic black comedy about Yugoslavia from 1941 to 1992 is a three-hour steamroller circus that leaves the viewer dazed and exhausted, but mightily impressed.
Feverish, whimsical allegory elevated by moments of brilliant clarity.
Compelling epic filmmaking.
Played as broad, noisy black farce, the film is about the deception of politics and heroism, dog-eat-dog morals and the propensity for violence, but one can't help thinking that behind the sometimes sensational apocalyptic imagery, there's less here than meets the eye.
I suppose Kusturica can justify the 167-minute length by the historical breadth of the movie, but it simply doesn't sustain one's interest, significant or not.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 13 User Ratings
8.2
77% Positive
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23% Mixed
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0% Negative
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User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 13 User Ratings
8.2
77% Positive
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
23% Mixed
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3 Ratings
0% Negative
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Production Company
CiBy 2000,
Pandora Filmproduktion,
Novofilm,
Barrandov Studios,
Komuna,
PTC,
Mediarex,
ETIC Films,
Tchapline Films,
Filmfonds Hamburg,
Eurimages
Release Date Jun 20, 1997
Duration 2 h 50 m
Rating Not Rated
Tagline Let the wild life of politics begin.
Awards
Filmski Susreti
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Association of Polish Filmmakers Critics Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
