I just spent 90 pleasant minutes watching this movie.The characters are extremely likable, well fleshed out in several funny scenes, and the plot manages to go from silly and cheeky to somewhat more serious in the end without sounding contrived or heavy.It somewhat reminded me of American movies of the 80' like "The unbelievable truth" or "Bagdad café". Well above your average Russian comedy, and very well made for an ultra low budget movie.

The basic form of the story of this film is nothing new -- a man finds a new girlfriend after the death of his previous one. But in execution it's done with some originality and style, and it worth the time. Earlier in the proceedings, there are a bunch of elements introduced which lead to some good, deadpan-but-exaggerated humor -- and while the film remains mostly comedy it works as comedy. Things like the extremely blunt psychologist and the protagonist's sex-obsessed boss end up being good recurring funny motifs. And for the first half the male and female lead are also played for sort of grim, depressed laughs, as it's clear they are both miserable and acting in ways that should be alienating everyone and destroying their lives. The turn for the serious a little more than half way through works, as we learn about Vitaly's past misfortune, and the film manages both to become more serious and to convince us to root for these two characters who had been introduced as such unpleasant people. Ilya Lyubimov very effectively plays a man depressed into a daze through most of the film, which if it doesn't necessarily make for dynamic scenes, does make an impact when filmed in context. Ingrid Olerinskaya does pretty well and believably starts with a wall of insouciant sarcasm that breaks down over the course of things; it's interesting that she was completely new to acting when cast. The fact that it's about a grown man falling for a seventeen-year-old provokes disapproval in the world of the film, but not the arrest that it would in certain parts of the world. But the filmmaker isn't really interested in this moral issue principally.It's a witty script and good entertainment that makes itself likable on either the more serious or comedic register.

I didn't know that the main actress is an amateur, but upon the end of the film I thought that she just a dumb actress with a cute face. CUTE FACE nothing more, so it appeared to be true, she was hand picked only on the basis of her appearance. The director had a major flaw. All characters just READING text, only one girl who was really acting is the boss of the guy. She was only convincing person, the rest are just a dolls of writer/director pretentious imagination that suppose to impersonate real people. If he is a real director than better to stick with making movies and leave screenplay for real writers. Great camera man work (nice picture) and make up artist, but the dialogs and whole picture worth watching only if you want to torch yourself with feeling that your'e watching people trying to make a movie, and don't see a real characters, besides one actress. In the nutshell whole picture is falling apart. Cheers!

I happened to watch this one during the 10th annual Russian Film Week in New York back in December, and I have to say it was not a waste of time. To cut the long story short, it's a movie about a new generation Lolita and a disillusioned thirty-year-old, who leaves his small town life for some big city lights. As the plot evolves, this odd couple joins a bunch of weirdos for parties, discos and more to finally find a way - through their issues straight to each other's bleeding hearts – as they go along. You may find this movie quite moving/stirring/funny/sad/cynical at times, and as inadequate as the title suggests. I have doubts when determining the genre (what would you say to "a bleeding slice of life served cold"?), so I will put it as a movie that's worth 90 minutes of your life. Personally, I was surprised to learn that the movie was a $100,000 project of a 26 year-old Roman Karimov, who directed it and wrote both the script and the soundtrack. And, yes, it is totally recommended to those who still see modern times Russia through the lens of antiquated stereotypes