I found this movie super laid back, like a good read (but in the form of a movie). I agree with you when you said the "star" of this film could potentially be the city of St. Petersburg itself. I totally loved the scenery shots, the vividness of the city truly showed through it. It was not only an easy film to follow, but not too confusing of a plot, which was a nice break for my brain.
I found it predictable for most of the movie, but found myself on edge whenever they came close to meeting. I always thought they would just know who each other were, but they never fully got it! I also loved the scene with the cell phone dropping in the river, I found that unpredictable and made me actually cover my mouth with my hand in surprise!!
I have a crush on Maksim, and might actually go to Russia to find him. The ending was cute, because it wasn't too lovey-dovey (aka they fall in love at first site). I liked how they had a relationship based on talking and voices, because that was something neither of them had before.
I kind of liked him too! haha glad I'm not the only one :P
ReplyDeleteThere's another film with him in it that is set in St. Petersburg that I've seen that you guys might want to check out some time. It's called "The Stroll" ("Progulka"/Прогулка, directed by Aleksei Uchitel)... And he's been a pretty popular actor of late in Russia, appearing in a few new films each year.
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