Crai nou (2021)

Crai nou (2021). 1h 25m

“The script is where this film fails. The main character is crafted quite well – Irina is a complex character, she feels real, and I was able to care for her. But building the male characters is where the screenwriter seems to have struggled a lot. They are stereotypical and donu0026#39;t feel real, with their personality centered around smoking compulsively. They are built very unevenly, with mostly their negative sides shown, which is no-no for a good and confident screenwriter.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMy overall experience with this film was watching Irina and caring for her as she struggled in a world of unrealistic characters having unrealistic relationships and unrealistic (mostly hysterical) reactions.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe image is great, sound is good (although sometimes itu0026#39;s hard to hear Irina), editing runs pretty smooth. Perhaps the acting would have needed more work from the director – I sometimes felt the actors playing Liviu and Viki were playing in a theatrical convention, whereas most of the other actors were leaning on the realistic convention (the director needs to bring them together on the same acting style).”