Hotel Belgrade

Remember the movie The Grand Budapest Hotel? Maybe director was trying to replicate that? If original was strange, this copy was strange enough. Visually is done nicely, has a brief funny moments that only limited audience can understand and the rest is "running around the set" without a clear objective. Could have been done less chaotic....

Watched year ago. Seemed like had to review .. btw why short reviews are not allowed here :)))

The story is really crude and simple, but this movie is part of a wider "universe" of content, namely the popular Russian comedy shows "Kukhnya" (Kitchen) and "Otel Eleon" (Hotel Eleon). This film is one of the spin-offs/continuations of these shows, the other ones being "FedyaSenya" and "Grand". It's simple comedy, not a higher art form, but I personally enjoy it very much. This content also helped me a great deal with learning Russian. So before you decide to watch this, if it's even possible you stumble upon it/hear about it without previously having heard of the content family it belongs to, please watch the other shows first. They are genuinely entertaining.

This movie is fun. Light and entertaining, fast-paced, with an absurd plot and twists around every corner. Super fresh. I'm always a bit sceptical of comedies, especially Balkan comedies - I have a deep hatred of everything vulgar, and the vulgar features heavily in Balkan sense of humour. But this movie had only a small level of vulgarity - just enough to make it realistic (after all, it takes place in Serbia). The movie feels very modern and is very enjoyable. People who rated it super low clearly had unrealistic expectations: not every comedy is supposed to reveal some deep philosophical truth about the world. Cheer up, people!

There is an priverb:"Shame on you if you trick me once,shame on me if you trick me twice". Shame on people who made South Wind 2 movie,and shame on me for watching another Bikovic movie,Hotel Belgrade.

There isn't a funny moment in this movie,and it is advertised as comedy. There are famous actors,but their acting is FAKE. And why,why...villagers are again depicted as if they come from Borat's Kazahstan-except Borat is funny. Terrible movie,terrible acting. The movie is called Hotel Belgrade,but nothing in the movie has to do with hotel Belgrade. It could be named Danube,Serbia,Wedding or any other name. Something is seriously wrong with Bikovic movies these days. If you are not a girl who has his posters in her teenage room,avoid at all costs....