Believe me, this movie is absolutely magnificent. But, I suppose it is only "pretty good" for non-Russians. I want to explain one crucial point. All that guys (except, maybe Larry) are not mobsters. All of them have university degrees and some of them are PhD. Yeah, that's true. You see, there was a paradoxical situation in Russia of 90-s. Sudden freedom (as "Sudden Death") made almost entire population poor and indefensible. There was no matter if you are PhD or not. "How far can you go?" That really matters.
Actors' performance is on a higher level in the movie, except couple of insignificant supported actors. Mashkov is strong, intelligent and uncompromising. Mironova. Oh, she is the example of natural Russian Beauty. In point of fact, she has played 3 different women: glamorous girl, good-looking divorced woman with a child and then, mature 40+ lady. I was really fascinated with her play. Krasko's character brings some contrast and fun in this thriller. He is the typical representative of Russian "glubinka" (depth of the country). Andrei played very well and made fine subordinate plot.
To be honest, financial and other schemes which are represented in "Oligarkh" are too simple and they are far removed from reality. I believe this is the most important drawback.
All things considered, I believe that Lungin made very good movie about that weird time. Worth seeing.
Actors' performance is on a higher level in the movie, except couple of insignificant supported actors. Mashkov is strong, intelligent and uncompromising. Mironova. Oh, she is the example of natural Russian Beauty. In point of fact, she has played 3 different women: glamorous girl, good-looking divorced woman with a child and then, mature 40+ lady. I was really fascinated with her play. Krasko's character brings some contrast and fun in this thriller. He is the typical representative of Russian "glubinka" (depth of the country). Andrei played very well and made fine subordinate plot.
To be honest, financial and other schemes which are represented in "Oligarkh" are too simple and they are far removed from reality. I believe this is the most important drawback.
All things considered, I believe that Lungin made very good movie about that weird time. Worth seeing.