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By Hubert H (6) on 13 May 2008

Pretty dang funny...who knew the Czech's had such a good sense of humor? Definitely worth watching…

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By Garry J (93) on 09 May 2008

It wasn't very funny nor interesting. It was an average film that doesn't linger with you afterwards…

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By Daniel C (1,809) on 17 Feb 2008

A very quirky film that employs real firemen as the central characters in a ball-type event that goes wrong (things get progressively worse…

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By Wut S (105) on 06 Feb 2008

Viewed as sabotaging the then-totalitarian system in the eyes of Czechoslovak head of state, this gem comedy was banned in its home…

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By Robert S (1,498) on 30 Nov 2007

Foreman's silly allegory of Communist bureaucracy and ineptitude is nothing short of hilarious…

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By Michael D (2,363) on 16 Nov 2007

Milos Forman flick. Phenomenally funny considering its in Czech with subtitles…

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By Joe W (560) on 25 Oct 2007

Made me nearly wet myself with laughter. Like a Czech Dad's Army…

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By Kora B (2) on 09 Oct 2007

Pretty fantastic... that's all I have to say…

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By Caley B (5) on 31 Jul 2007

Tons of vodka, a beauty contest with only ugly women, and a house on fire. Wonderful madness…

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By Alex D (973) on 29 Jul 2007

Political commentary meets slapstick... winnahhhh…

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By Private U (13,627) on 05 Jun 2007

Forman at his best before getting Hollywooded…

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By Renata Adler (33) for New York Times (5,786) on 08 May 2005

A hilarious shaggy dog story, with the pessimism of the exquisite logic that leads nowhere…

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By Elise L (16) on 22 Nov 2003

Viewed 11/22/03 (DVD) (First Viewing) Extremely humorous but biting satire…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 19 Aug 2002

It is a relief to find a director who doesn't force his material, who trusts us to understand what's funny without being told…

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By Jeremy Heilman (393) for MovieMartyr.com (391) on 23 May 2002

Works most impressively as a political artifact…

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By John A. Nesbit (472) for Old School Reviews (429) on 09 May 2002

the film strikes deeper chords and reminds us how important artistic freedom is to any lover of cinema…

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By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 20 Feb 2002

Should be a one-joke political satire, but Forman brings a level of humanity to the allegorical meltdown that belies its sharply barbed political…

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