De Clarke

I don't know why I seem to be so out of step with the prevailing opinion. I bought this movie because of the rave reviews; yet my husband and I both found it frankly awful, a major disappointment. When it was over, we looked at each other and said, basically, Yuck. Why did we dislike it? Where to begin! we were expecting something like Alpha House in 1950's Moscow... but what we got was more like Animal House meets the Sopranos in 1950's Moscow. Like a bunch of drunken frat boys doing a comedy skit at a house party. There were a few funny moments, and I did try to meet the film halfway and have a laugh... but then again there were "some very bad quarters of an hour." I honestly don't see what the critics saw in it, and would not recommend it to friends.