ManiakJiggy This is How Movies Should Be Made

StunnaKrypto Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

Listonixio Fresh and Exciting

TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

sacicvel Hey everybody, it seems the reccived judgement of this film is really low. I do have Hungarian bygone, i have learnt Hungarian history, know the Hungarian culture, traditions, conception, humour, ideology, lifestyle, conduct, furthermore I do understand this film, i do understand the jokes as a Hungarian, and i can say this movie watching as a Hungarian, GOOD and AMUSING. and if you haven't learn Hungarian history and legends, don't say the jokes are bad, just because you cannot catch up or realize them. And let me not to talk about the trashy and unworthy American "movies". And do not criticise the end of the movie, sitting on the Lánchíd above the Duna and watching the lights of Budapest is a good and nostalgic feeling for hungarians (as they have history for more than 1113 years, struggles for independence under the soviet and the Turkish domination, martyrs (Arad), Jagellos, Habsburgs, migrations, Petőfi, Mikszáth, Jókai, Trianon, Nándorfehérvár, political changeover, etc, etc.) And you'd better mind you can't understand the lyric of the music under the end scenes. bye

rozsa-2 Let me start by saying that whoever decided to release this film for international consumption is a greedy moron. Viewed in its native language and without subtitles to confuse the issues, the movie is absolutely hilarious. But, in order to enjoy it, you have to 1) understand Hungarian sense of humor; 2) have a THOROUGH understanding of Hungary's history, which, under the best of circumstances is muddled and most often quite hotly disputed; 3) be aware of cultural and historical sensitivities; and 4) be old enough to understand the more modern references. For instance, the 6:3 score of the "football" (soccer) game is probably the most famous score in soccer history: in 1953 Hungary beat England at Wimbledon, a feat that has never been accomplished previously by any team in the history of soccer. The score was 6:3. The joke in the movie is that the game was much more lopsided, but the English "cheated" in down from 11:2. At some point in the film, an old sage ask the 7 "chief" what they are doing, they say we are looking for the Magyar "ah,"he says, "that's what you do - the deeds of the Magyar - Gesta Hungarorum." Which, of course, is a reference to the single most serious source of Hungarian history known. There is an entry in Wikipedia that describes this (nobody knows who wrote it – since it's authored by Anonymus Bele Regis Notarius – "Bella's Anonymous Notary)References are also made to the 150-year Turkish occupation of Hungary and the forced Austro-Hungarian Empire, all painful eras in Hungary's history, but funny as hell as treated in the movie. The endless number of "inventions" by the guy with the bush-hacking sword is an oblique and derisive barb at the Russians (who occupied Hungary for 45 years) who state unequivocally that everything in the World has been invented by a Russian.There is a constant hilarious poke at pseudo-patriotism, too. The dummy of the group frequently comes up with the first verse of poems or hymns that are sacrosanct to and are well-known by every child and adult in Hungary, but he never can come up with the second verse.The National Song (starts with Talpra Magyar)... was written by Sándor Petőfi, it is said to have inspired the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. Petőfi read the poem aloud on March 15 in Vörösmarty Square in Budapest to a gathering crowd, which by the end was chanting the refrain as they began to march around the city, seizing the presses, liberating political prisoners, and declaring the end of Austrian rule. Hungarians celebrate the anniversary of the revolution on March 15. Red-white-green ribbons are worn to commemorate the fallen revolutionaries and the ideal of the revolution. Translation of the stanza goes as follows: On your feet, Magyar, the homeland calls! The time is here, now or never! Shall we be slaves or free? This is the question, choose your answer! - By[1] the God of the Hungarians We vow, We vow, that we will be slaves No longer!The movie is a virtual tour d'force of twisting history so that a nation that has never been in charge with its own destiny can laugh at itself. The ability to laugh at oneself has tremendous survival value.For a Hungarian this is a 9 or 10 star film. For anyone else it's a ZERO. It just loses everything "in translation." Even its occasional salacious scenes are a hoot when viewed from the proper perspective.

kardosferenc But, this is my opinion. To tell a truth, this film strongly based on Hungarian history, and without deep studies in this, it can't be understandable. Thats why the story start at the beginning of the Hungarian era, have screen-shots with most important historical events and persons, and finished at nowadays Budapest. an average people even not known where Hungary lies, not who was e. g. King Mathias, and who plays him in the film. So if you didn't known anything about Hungarian history I recommended you, that don't watch this film. You will be boring, and then you will say, that this is a wrong film. It will be similar, that you would see the Monthy Python's Life Of Brien without known anything from, Jesus, Bible, Christmas, or Easter. Try to imagine.

Y-Sly Some of the critics says that this movie is the Hungarian version of the 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail', well... they've of course no right! This movie is one of the worst Hungarian movies I have ever seen, it's even worst than Valami Amerika (Something America). I really hate it, no good ideas, no good jokes and the directing is terrible. I cannot believe that the movie makers really wanted to sell this film for us. Forget this movie please, everybody! There are a lot of better comedys in Hungary, like Üvegtigris (Glass Tiger)... If you watch this movie, you'll spend a lots of time for nothing... like I said before.. please forget this awful movie! 0/10