Livestonth
I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible
Bluebell Alcock
Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies
Kodie Bird
True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.
Leofwine_draca
IVAN VASILIEVICH: BACK TO THE FUTURE is a broad time travel comedy from Russia. Those with an experience of Russian cinema from this decade will immediately recognise the constant mugging and slapstick laughs inherent in the story and those looking for something a little wittier and more mature will be disappointed. Still, I liked this one regardless, purely because of the effort that's gone into the production.This is a sequel of sorts to OPERATION 'Y' AND OTHER SHURIK'S ADVENTURES, featuring as it does the likable Aleksandr Demyanenko returning to the role of Shurik. The subject matter is time travel, with two story lines playing out in tandem: the first has a couple of small-timers sent back to 16th century Russia to engage in plenty of chases, while the second, and more interesting plot, has Ivan the Terrible arriving in the present day and finding himself confused by modern technology. It's broad stuff indeed, but a film that works well and is genuinely amusing.
Kirpianuscus
the seduction is the basic virtue. the crazy mixture between history and science , the use of Ivan Vasilievich out of historical/popular speech, the gags and the credible story, the memories of viewer about slices from Arabela and Visitors are good details for create a charming story. the great thing - the measure and the subtle science to explore the realities from Soviet Union.because it has the good sense to be more than a comedy but reflection of the errors and absurd of the regime. a film who could be interesting for understand the past in different sides. a film who must see. not only for humor. but for its roots. because, more than the first sigh's impressions, it is a real smart movie.
Boba_Fett1138
This movie might had been something and original at its time but this movie just isn't exactly my idea of a great or hilarious comedy. It's not like I hated it, I actually still quite enjoyed it but that doesn't prevent this movie from being an overrated one.Most of the movie its comedy comes from the character looking and talking into the camera and comical sequences that are being played fast-forward, "Benny Hill"-style. It just doesn't work out as being THAT funny. The movie of course has a couple of nice moments but overall the comedy is really lacking, which is a disappointing aspect of the movie.The story however is quite original, at least for its time it was. It involves time traveling and mistaken identities, when Ivan The Terrible find himself in 'modern' Russia, while another man from the modern Russia and Czar Ivan look-alike takes over his place in return, in the 16th century. This concept of course provides the movie with plenty of comical situations but still I feel that this movie didn't exploited all of its potential. The movie and its comedy mostly remain very simplistic and therefore also somewhat predictable.Aside from its horrible bleak '70's Moscow look, this movie is a quite good looking one, with professional looking sets and costumes. No doubt that this was quite a cheap movie to make but for most of the time this doesn't show on screen. Directing-wise the movie is quite flawed, as some of the sequences don't flow in well with each other and the movie features some little mistakes, such as a boom-mike hanging in frame. Leonid Gaidai was a director who felled comfortable within the comedy genre and worked with a lot of famous Soviet comedians during his career. This movie is perhaps his best known- and most popular one.The actors also didn't convinced much within this movie but luckily saying your lines convincingly isn't the most needed required for a comical movie.Nothing too horrible but also far from the best that the genre has to offer.6/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/
Todor Nenov
It is perhaps the best Soviet comedy ever made... But it`s very difficult for a person, who does not speak Russian to understand it completely. The movie is full with tricky details, specific language and many funny episodes, so typical for the Socialist era. It is a constant pleasure to watch over and over again!
