The Soviet Satire Revival: A Hilarious Ride

"The Unbelievable Adventures of Shurik" - it's a Scottish haggis tazik omelette from "The Prisoner of the Caucasus", "Office Romance", "Lucky Ones"... and unexpectedly "The Shawshank Redemption".

The Unbelievable Adventures of Shurik I wonder if Tom Hanks is in on the joke? The Unbelievable Adventures of Batruchka Honestly, I wasn't exactly thrilled about the idea of making fun of old soviet comedies all over again.

Buzzy just grabbed me for some Dubai chocolate At the dawn of these cartoonish reboots called Batrutdushenki, I stubbornly ignored the New Year's gifts from TNT. Thought maybe they'd finally calm down.

Timurka at someone else's party But years go by, and the fountain of enthusiasm never runs dry. On my 4th attempt at this parody masterpiece, curiosity got the better of me and I watched The Unbelievable Adventures of Shurik online.

The Unbelievable Adventures of Shurik Of course, it was online. I didn't want to get a nervous twitch from seeing an inflated Elvis on the big screen at the cinema.

Who let the dogs out? Woof, woof, woof... The Hatters turned into ze enoters After the whole internet was buzzing about the sugar cookie with the WB and Dubai yachts in "Not a Diamond Hand", I was ready to blush and not know where to hide from the shame.

It's been so long, and Kikorov still won't let up. But not quite as mortifying as I thought, unless you count the shrieks of the cheerleaders and the ceremonial speech from the lady at the ZAGS office.

The Unbelievable Adventures of Shurik Reviews I'm probably already spooked, like a rabbit in the headlights. I've got a ton of trashy STS and TNT shows to catch up on. And after the toilet humor debacle in that recent "Fackham Hall", everything seems rosy to me. Katy, that was brilliant! "The Unbelievable Adventures of Shurik" is way better than "Mitrich", "Planetians", and that Urals-pelmeni "teach". I mean, come on! It's even more interesting than "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Affairs" by Guy Ritchie. Gorbachev The writers were clearly on a roll. When Shurik's escape from Sharik is covered in Soviet and American news, it's like Lukashin was getting ready to crack the safe or a joke about uranium shipments to Somalia. Still, it's not a total loss. Maybe it was a decent 40 minutes, but then every Volyan Utyashev, Jigan, and SashaTany wanted to hog the airtime for their role-playing games with their wives and dragged it out for two hours. Voila, voila, voila Gots-toz-pervertoz No, "abuserka" is funny. But the rest... Shurik's mukbang episodes with Laysan, the way he's got his ego inflated while his underpaid colleagues are struggling. Even Medvedeva, who's usually a total turn-off, gets more sympathy in this context. And they're trying to say that tiny Natalia wouldn't fit into her shoes? Pffft. "Dirty sister"? Larisa Ivanovna? Kaneshna, she's the one.Seriously, the power couple looked like they were trying to work through their issues together. It was like they took their family therapist's advice to heart and decided to spice things up.

I have to say, the all-girl trio of Trusikha, Balbesikha, and Byvalaya was an interesting move. But the only one who really stood out to me was the stand-up comedian on the right. She wasn't some sexpot like Koshkina or Kurtnikova. She looked great in the frame, not like she was trying to show off her assets. "Not so bad having three wives..." ©Martirosyan turned out to be a pretty funny Sahakyan. You could tell he'd been practicing his role and was really getting into it.

MartirosyanI've always thought that Svetlakova looked a bit like the actor who played Sukhov in "The White Sun of the Desert". Of course, back then he was a lot thinner. Now his hat is barely staying on his head.

As for the main characters, their personalities can be summed up as: Krayev - sassy, Batrutdinov - clueless. The Incredible Adventures of Shurik

And then Lidia suddenly became Nina?The worst part - the plastic makeup and CGI. I just hope that the bloated Elvis doesn't haunt my dreams at night. I mean, I have no idea who played him even.

Come on, Kostyushkin? I mean, Dava. Or when they tried to turn Galustyan into Frunzik. If you're going to the movies to see 'The Incredible Adventures of Shurik', bring some 'Afobazol' or 'Corvalol' along, just in case.

Songs.

'Sigma-boy' by cheerleader Klava Koki looked way more natural and organic than those struggling little Betches.

Heathers, right? I finally heard the song 'On Labutenahs'. I only knew the title and that it was by the group Leningrad. Katya Iowa sang it. She's a stylish woman, lucky she wasn't in a ginger root costume.

Iowa They turned Instasamka's 'For Money - Yes' into a Broadway musical. What can you get out of a flat song? The sound engineers and arrangers worked their magic. Guess who's getting paid? Dolina.

Astonishing Astin dance party at the bars She's never really impressed me, and when after her appearance in 'Three Accords', they kicked Novikov out of the jury - he was one of the show's founders - it became clear what kind of influence the singer has on TV.

Cowboy on a biplane And then there's her infamous apartment epic. However, the woman, completely unfazed, drives around the bank building in a cabriolet, throws stacks of cash, and feels like a mafia pachanka.

Bilan I wish they'd explored some of these characters more thoroughly, but they got cut off after two minutes. Drunk Kologrivy as Lukashin (even without pants, but okay), Bilan as a gigolo from the Prohibition era, Electronica (Maratik?), Ostap - Tkauchuk, and Mary Poppins, just so she wouldn't have to extinguish everyone with her umbrella.

The Unbelievable Adventures of Shurik They didn't invite Kharlamov, but they did take us on a photo tour. I mean, Baturdinov knows that people were checking him out at the Comedy Club not just because of his face, but because of his collaborations with Garik. The Unbelievable Adventures of Baturdinov without Kharlamov And I'll say something about someone, but I won't mention their last name. This person got kicked out, banned, and now their friends are celebrating, openly profiting from their work.

Run, run And they're not even ashamed? The show "Evening Guberneev" had retro costumes for a song number by Anatoly Kozhemyakin and the guys looked like they raided the "Ciao" wardrobe. And the whole movie feels like a holiday special of "Big Difference".

We managed to sneak in everywhere Where were Sergey Lazarev, Stas P'ekha, and Vanya Dmitriyenko in the movie? My impressions"The Unbelievable Adventures of Shurik" - a pricey retro-style film that could feature anyone, even Baturdinov, and he'd still shine. I was expecting outrage over the desecration of Soviet classics. But even the silly jokes about wish lists, marketplaces, and the reality show "Survive on the Caucasus" didn't faze them.

Holiday show From the mess of crazy absurdity, you can pick out some decent jokes. I've got no major complaints about the writers. "Old Songs About the Main Thing" and New Year's musicals were quirky and lighthearted too. The problem is that some people got pushed to the forefront. The Unbelievable Adventures of a Dumb Glamour Boy Of course, Timur wouldn't have pulled it off alone, so 50 stars rush to his aid. Each gets a mini-role, and the attention shifts. And then, who knows, you might catch someone interesting.

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