"Parada" is a wonderful example of a movie which begins as just another meaningless comedy, but than develops to a drama with a deeper story.It shows wonderful the paradox to which the gay people are exposed to. Love is considered as the highest value in almost every society, as the foundation of the mankind, but obviously just certain people are allowed to show it and just certain people are allowed to receive it. The conservatives or better the extremists consider gay people as the worst kind of people just because they love the "wrong" people.But this movie is also so much more than just a movie about gay people, its a movie about tolerance, understanding and friendship which can grow between all kind of people.It is one of the best movies I've ever seen. I would recommend to show it in all high schools, so that our young ones would see, how unnecessary it is to be rude or violent to people just because they come from different backgrounds, belong to other religions and prefer homosexual relationships.

I saw this film as part of the Berlinale 2012 film festival. The venue with some 1,750 seats was fully booked. The screening received a standing ovation. Many (13) crew members were called on stage and named one by one, and the audience thanked them all with extra applause. I, however, was left with mixed feelings about the clichés that were thrown on us. I fully understand the controversial reviews on IMDb written before. Some are very happy and applaud every minute, while others hate it from start to finish. I'm somewhere between these extremes.How far can you go with enlarging gay stereotypes, yet without overstepping the bounds of satire? Although the film incorporates a few nice ideas, offering several good laughs, I cannot escape from the idea that some uncomfortable moments were better avoided. Every broad minded viewer, straight or gay or bi, ought to be aware that these stereotypes do not reflect the real world. In that case we see this film doing its best to paraphrase on what we assume that others (less broad minded people) think.Take for instance the soon-to-be-married couple. He is a collector of guns and hunting trophies, and he owns a security company. She wants a "special" wedding, and has hired a designer with very revolutionary ideas. You guessed it already: this designer is gay (how stereotype can you get?), living together with a veterinarian who rescued (at gunpoint!) the to-be-husband's dog from death after a shooting incident. The security company in question is hired to protect a gay parade (hence the film title) from hooligans, who have announced to disturb a gay parade. The police offers no help, hence the guards as a second best alternative. Alas, all employees of the security company flatly refuse their task in this particular assignment, leaving the owner empty-handed, very eager to find other guards to protect the parade. And that is where the developments start, with very unexpected turns of events as the result.Above paragraphs outlined the role and position of the four main characters. I see no purpose in summarizing the rest of the story line, other than a heads up to expect the unexpected, especially on the hunt for free lance security personnel. The mixed bag of some good laughs and some awkward moments made me score this film just a bit better than unsatisfactory.

The movie is actually not that bad as the last movies of Dragojevic, but still far away from the movies such as "Lepa sela lepo gore", "Rane", etc. I like the motivation, the subject is well chosen, it is intriguing, a kind of provocative. However, after the initial part, the movie starts to go in very bad direction. There are so many things that could be said about the gay activism, the gays could be finally presented as a very normal part of the society. Anyway, Dragojevic kept it as a light comedy that is also not too funny. There are some nice moments. I really liked to see Limun singing the old partisan songs, or the jokes between him and his war "friends". However, I really didn't like to see that all the best jokes are already chosen for the commercials.The movie is pretty unconvincing, especially the monologue of Goran Jevtic, which is supposed to be the pick point of the movie. It sounds almost pathetic. The same could be said for the preparation for the fight, or the most of the "gay roles". I think it is not enough to chose socially correct story. You need either to have something novel or to see something from a new perspective. At least, to be funny. All of this missed in the movie

This in one of the best movies I've seen recently. It gives a great picture of today's society on the Balkans - a closed-minded, racist community where often people can't express their opinions freely without getting their asses kicked. It's not just the gay thing, there's plenty more in this film. It sends a warm message to all the countries from ex-yu. One of the thing not shown here, but implied, is the other thing I was talking about - it's hard to express your political and even national opinions - if you're a Croat, you're automatically against Serbs, and if you're a Croat in Serbia, boy you're screwed. And vice versa. People are just lining up to kick Serbs in Croatia, I know by what I've seen. Also, expressing a left oriented political opinion makes you a communist - also ass kicking material and other closed minded things. Homophobic problem presented in this movie is merely one tenth of the people's persistent stupidity problems here on Balkans. A good friend of mine is a lesbian, and she wasn't discriminated as much as people in this movie, but she helped me change my opinions. I think we all need that one interaction with the people of LGBT community to see that they're not fags, gays, lesbians, dikes etc. To see that they are just normal people living normal lives, just like you and me. We often don't see that unless we meet someone who's actually gay. This movie breaks the walls of prejudices and helps people see that there's nothing wrong with being gay. It's a very refreshing movie on the Balkan scene, and it will make you laugh your ass out, and burst to tears in the end. It's full of comic situations, especially Lemon's homophobic jokes, and I love that you can really see the transformation of his opinions, in such episodes as Ben Hur's, and you can see how it should be in all of us. The acting is great, the message is great, the humor is great, except one thing - Serbian movies actually have even more raw humor, and I find this humor very gentle compared to some movies I've seen. But still, 10/10 and a must watch!