BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

Iseerphia All that we are seeing on the screen is happening with real people, real action sequences in the background, forcing the eye to watch as if we were there.

Edwin The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

peter-rapier I saw this movie on IFC a few years ago just because the one sentence description got me interested. Something about gypsies and a guy searching his fathers past. Early in the movie the guy arrives in gypsy territory and a horse drawn cart goes by loaded with gypsy babes and they all start cursing him and taunting him..."f** you" "Lick my ***". I knew I was going to like this movie. My wife was a little shocked at the vulgarity but I laughed and laughed.This movie is most of all genuine, it just has a candor that makes you feel like the director really knew his subject, cared about it, and lets the story unfold without telling us what to feel and when to feel it.Gypsies are portrayed in the panorama of daily, ordinary life. Warm yet harsh, possessing a sort of anti-ethic ethic, they get by, celebrate life, survive, and value the moment.Indeed the main character finds his own inner gypsy and the people he is hanging out with begin to accept him. This is one of those films that stays with you because its full of moments you can relate to, yet are from a different world. Also because it goes back to what films are about - not just entertainment, which has its place for sure, but they are our stories, our ways of passing on bits of our wisdom and culture.

luiern In life you do come across with little gems of movies. Gadjo dilo represents that, tenderness, simplistic and genuine approach to the soul of the gypsy people. Hard not to be moved by movies like this that essentially portray so beautifully a piece of a persons life. The music is great, a major discovery in my life and although seen it years ago i still treasure it as one of the reasons why i enjoy watching movies. Most of the actors of the movie did not have formal training and they manage to pull it together in a way that accomplished ones would have real trouble to do so. One of those movies that reinstate your faith in the homelessness of the good quality cinema NOT TO BE MISSED

tikinoise I was truly captivated by this seductive journey into the well-insulated lives of the gypsies. It takes a non-judgmental view and refrains from clichés. The film takes on a somewhat cinema variete approach and uses many non-professional actors for the supporting roles. This approach was successful and didn't distract from film's story. The film follows a young Frenchman on a quest to find a gypsy singer on an audio tape he has. I was able to catch it late one night on cable and have not been able to find it in any video store for rent. This movie really needs a DVD release so we can get it from Netflix. Someone should pick this one up for release.

Dan Dragan I rented the movie wishing to see why would Vadim Tudor , the leader of the ultra-nationalist movement in Romania , be angry at a relatively unknown actress of Jewish descent but born in Romania , called Rona Hartner.I found this to be one charming movie but please, do not, by any means , take it as a documentary or search any sociological value in it. Otherwise you might be tempted to believe that the gypsies are a cute, merry, high-spirited people kept in cruel slavery by the oppressing Romanians. There are two sides to every story, remember that, and the movie does a wonderful job at presenting one and only one passionate side of it. Check Kusturica's movies for a more complete/impartial vision on gypsies , their joys and their troubles, without the romantic halo that Tony Gatlif casted upon them in his movie. Bear in mind that the Romanians (even as depicted in the movie) are as poor and oppressed as the gypsies, and , to spit it out, that the "the uncontaminated world of the gypsies","the gypsy culture" and "the chaotically beauty of gypsies" are to be placed in the context of active refusal and defiance of established modern society rules, an attitude that the majority of the gypsies still openly professes - an attitude which makes them at least undesirable for the majority in any of the countries they are living - and this is what Gatlif doesn't show and Kusturica rejoice in displaying.What's enjoyable here is the human story , at times joyful, at times moving and full of sorrow - a story that transcends the ethnic borders of the movie. As a Romanian who lived quite a while in a mixed nationality village and knows "the subject" quite well, I have to congratulate Rona Hartner on a perfect impersonation of a 'piranda', and Izidor Serban on a moving role that could have started a career.And I do understand why Vadim Tudor was angry at her ;-).