Gentlemen's Club

Since I really like theater, I am almost never offended by a film adaptation, unless it's some obvious disaster. I haven't been to Jezerka for many years, so I don't have the opportunity to compare. I found that the film cast doesn't quite match the theatrical one. Maybe the film was supposed to lure me in with Mádl and Polívka, who knows. An average comedy with a few successful jokes, scenes, and lines. (27/06/2023)

Firstly, adapting a theater production into a film of this nature is sheer folly. The therapy guys chat after a few hours together as if they’ve known each other for twenty years, and with few honorable exceptions, each one becomes more of a jerk. Some scenes even seem to try to make the viewer into one (especially those in the call center and its restrooms). Matěj Balcar, who would have written directed what seems like a deliberately clichéd comedy, of which we get twelve a year, and this one differed only in that it didn’t feature the king of Czech film chauvinist buffoons, Langmajer. In conclusion, let me present a comprehensive list of all the funny moments in the film: (10/06/2024)

I'm not going to boo this time. The product placement wasn't excessive, at least I didn't notice, which I consider a big plus. I imagine it could work very well as a play, which it was based on, but I was not too satisfied with the movie adaptation. There were some funny parts, but also many clichés and melodramatic scenes, which I found hard to believe. Kristýna Hrušínská's acting performance wasn't very convincing. However, I will admit that Milan Šteindler didn't make me cringe which hasn't happened in a long time, and Zdeněk Žák was perfect. / Lesson learned: If I had two terabytes of porn on my harddrive, I would now be a terabyte and a half in debt. (23/01/2023)