SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Dan Lungescu During the last 15 minutes of the movie I was just laughing. Not because of the comedy (there is no such thing in this film), but because how stupid it could be. Imagine you are watching a soccer game and the players are so bad they are not even able to touch the ball – this kind of laugh I'm talking about. This movie was nothing but a 105' piece of unintentional humor.Poor idea, bad script, flat action, stupid dialogs, unnatural acting performances, very slow pace (inexcusable in this case, since there is nothing deep to understand or feel). I had a strong feeling of seeing again some 80s' Romanian movie, such as 'Liceenii', but unnecessary nudity or sex scenes dotted about.But the worst thing was the story itself. It's end, I mean. This end turned one bad movie into a huge non-sense. You lose your time expecting to see how the main characters solve their relationship problem, and you get them solving nothing. You endured such a long flat movie for no reward.Recommended only for people who are not searching for any deep message and/or interesting story, just wanting to watch two 50 years old persons getting in love and... nothing more. I guess the fans of 'The Young and the Restless' will really enjoy this movie.PS. I totally agree with Alex Iordache in his review.

billcr12 Gabriel and Gabriela are a 40ish couple with a seventeen year old son, living a mundane and passionless existence, in modern day Romania. They coexist, each just going through the motions of a marriage with no meaning left in it. One night, without knowing it, each of them wind up in the same chat room on the internet, conversing with a supposed stranger. Day after day, the two grow more and more comfortable in the anonymity of cyberspace, and believe that they are falling in love with each other. Gabriela goes to work as a dry cleaner and Gabriel is a page turner for an orchestra. Meanwhile, their son, Vladimir narrates the story, which includes his frequent and funny sexual escapades with fellow young and willing classmates. He reminded me of Dustin Hoffman's Benjamin in "The Graduate." The three leads of this nuclear family are excellent; they seem to be a real family struggling to get by each day, and in the end I wished for a happy ending. A very impressive comedy-drama.

Tomislav Vukovic "Hello! How are you?" deals with several main topics - growing up of a teenager, crisis of middle-aged people, boredom in marriage, unfulfilled dreams and desire. Although the topics suggest a serious drama, the film is actually a romantic comedy, the type that really deserved my thumbs up. During the second half, I was a little afraid that it would turn to clichés, such as we often see in Hollywood blockbusters, but luckily, this was not the case here.The story is not predictable, it seems realistic and it brings eastern European atmosphere in a positive and jolly way. The characters are vivid, the actors excellent in portraying them (both the leading and supporting roles), the direction is superb, with many unexpected scene details and surprising elements you discover gradually.I suppose that most comedy lovers would enjoy the film the same as I did, and as did the audience at Vukovar Film Festival 2011. There were many scenes that made everyone burst out laughing. It's one of the films that simply makes you feel good after seeing it.

Johnny Buzz So i decided one day to go and see "Hello! How are you?". As i entered the cinema i started mentally preparing myself for an artsy flick with satiric humor based on morbid irony that in the end would leave me with a slightly bad taste in my mouth but because of which i could brag that i had seen a deep and meaningful motion picture.No more than five minutes into it i was surprised to see the rear end of a beautiful young woman performing oral sex on an adolescent male. I don't mean to be shallow, it's just that the movie states right from the beginning that it will most definitely not bore you. Don't get me wrong, this is not your average toilet humor, foul language and drug abuse infested teen comedy. If I were to describe the plot and feel of the movie by comparison with other motion pictures, the exposition describes a family much like the one in "American Beauty" while the teenage lead develops in a matter familiar with "Liceenii", with a lot more intercourse. However, the solutions to the problems that the characters encounter are very different, as their personality.The first thing that I noticed that was significantly different from what i was used to as far as Romanian movies go was the incredible camera work (and probably post-production). The cinematography in "Hello! How are you?" is exceptional by any standard. No movie of any genre or type comes to mind with better camera work. Every scene is adequately lit, with no obvious additional spot lights or flood lights, keeping everything as natural as possible. Characters and items are very well centered, and frequent use of depth of field and focus techniques to keep the audience alert even when the camera is still. The attention to detail is astonishing, the film being riddled with very minutely crafted closeups (makeup artists also deserve credit here). A lot of scenes are reminiscent of very modern and youthful video advertisements with the characters being followed by the camera as they walk around the capital with little else happening while lines of chat fill in the storyline. Unfortunately, the choice of font for the aforementioned text is lacking, consisting of "Times New Roman" which i find down right appalling. A Humanist typeface similar to Segoe WP would have blended in far better. However, i was pleased with there rest of the typography choices.A lot painstaking work has obviously gone into the soundtrack, from opera voices singing the lines of the characters to piano music synchronized to keyboard presses, yet another aspect of the film that raises the bar.The acting is at the very least good. I find the para-verbal, nonverbal communication as well as body language in this movie to be very challenging for the actors but they did not disappoint. Some lines are exaggerated to emphasize the comical effect while others are numbed for the same reason. I've never found Romanian humor this appealing before. Situational humor is abundant. I will admit, "Hello! How are you?" might be more properly savored by Romanians, simply because the whole context feels familiar. However, it is in no way unaccessible for the rest of the audience, on the contrary, it offers a delightful depiction of a modern Romanian family.As far as the plot goes, character evolution, development and motivation is adequate, enticing and unexpected in some aspects. I was puzzled somewhat by the sudden change of personality in the lead teenage character, which went from Casanova to physics geek overnight. In my opinion the vanity, arrogance and confidence that comes with exercising your masculinity with such a frequency at that age should develop the character very differently and frequent outbursts of melancholy and even self pity and disappointment mixed with anxiety are not compatible with such testosterone levels, albeit we are talking about a hormone governed teenager. The script comforts the audience up to a certain point with predictable turns of events, however, the suspense builds up progressively and the climax comes when least expected, following a different narrative approach than what the viewers were used to up to that point.The denouement is somewhat open ended and remarkably optimistic despite the brake-up that the family undergoes. Finishing his right of passage the young male character defines himself, thus establishing his identity as an adult.