Btexxamar I like Black Panther, but I didn't like this movie.

Solidrariol Am I Missing Something?

Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Mike Lengel A Perfect Day stood out, having thrown it on with more adrenal expectations and getting a sweet and subtle mess of human connection. The theme intrigues with the atypical, war-torn Balkans backdrop and top notch cast, but expect less gunfire and more interpersonal drama and character development. If you've done any volunteering abroad, prepare to have that gritty, foreign, carefree spirit resurface. Characters constantly jive at and insult each other's quirks over their joint quest to extract a bloated corpse from a village well. Benicio Del Toro reminds of that guy that doesn't want to be there (but really does and just won't admit he doesn't have anywhere else to be) with mellow cynicism. His character develops through the ups and downs of helping a young boy recover a lost soccer ball (which ends in deadpan irony), as well as unexpected tragedy in finding the boy's dead parents and struggling to communicate it.Mélanie Thierry brings energy and a cute aloofness to the seemingly futile group effort, reminding of the pleasant but oft-impractical earnestness of a young volunteer in foreign muck. Tim Robbins injects a reckless humor, used on volunteer, confused soldier and testy shopkeeper. He lightens the mood of what should be serious aid work, helping others see the comedy of taking hit after hit from red tape and roadblock, and putting emphasis on the simple joy of friendship. Olga Kurylenko distracts with her wit and seductive charm, supplying the tension of hot romance at the wrong place and time. Together, the four balance an emotionally prickly but rewarding dynamic as they rattle past pothole and dead cow.The film highlights simplicity in hopelessness while the characters stumble forward, evoking the strong bond of friendship formed in life's trivial and unexpected moments. The crisp, mountainous cinematography shines over the lessor-shown Balkans geography and conflict, and provides ideal background turmoil for this very enjoyable, character driven escapade.

SnoopyStyle Mambrú (Benicio Del Toro) is the world-weary leader of a group from 'Aid Across Borders' trying to help sanitation in the war-torn Balkans. He reconnects with his conflict-evaluater ex Katya (Olga Kurylenko). He deals with UN bureaucracy, problematic locals, and a body stuck in a well. The irreverent B (Tim Robbins) and translator Damir (Fedja Stukan) go off in search of rope to pull out the body. The idealistic newcomer Sophie (Mélanie Thierry) is exasperated. There's the boy looking a ball. It's a day in the life.I like that this takes this serious world and use a small part to run the plot through. It's like a little hamster running around in a wheel. There is a bit of humor and plenty of poignant sadness. It's a little slow at times but it never lets go. It's great that it gets tied together in the end.

kosmasp Of course a perfect movie is always something subjective. So while there are movies that generally get a high rating, there will always be people who won't like that movie (even if not as many as with other movies). But this is about real people, who try to help people who had to suffer a lot and still have to suffer, in "former" war zones.There is also a dynamic between the group of people and there is a history too. It's what drives the movie (no pun intended) combined with the great performances. The jokes and the story will not be everyone's case of course (the rating, mine and the overall) is showing that. But if you like your movies to be subtle, to have jokes that might take you a second to identify as such, than you are at the right place ... although the characters would argue you are in the wrong place and should leave as soon as you can. Something they can't do ...

siderite At first I was reluctant to see this film. The trailer showed Americans somewhere in the Balkans, observing the cruelty of war and helping out with their Western sensibilities. I've rarely seen a movie with this subject that I enjoyed.However, A Perfect Day is not that kind of movie. Firstly, it is deeply European! The violence is only hinted at - strange for a film made by a Spaniard :) - yet the viewer is awash in frustrations of the daily life of relief workers: the UN bureaucracy, the indifference of both international authorities and whatever local ones are, the lack of recognition from the people you try to help, lack of resources and going through all kinds of wacky situations.Yet the movie stands strangely on a pervasively optimistic note. The irony of the title doesn't come from the day not being perfect, but because it is the absolute best day in the life of these people, even when they couldn't do anything but not mess up completely.The acting is great, the script was fantastic, it is a worthwhile movie to watch.