Funny, but at times insulting

Rating: Null/10 (22 September 2018)

I allmost wet myself from laughter in several scenes, let me start by saying that. When it gets you, it gets you good.
But the greatest problem I had with this movie, is that every hillariously brilliant scene was followed by a scene that tried to invoke a laugh but wasn't funny at all. And as a result it kept losing me and winning me back and losing me over and over again, which was quite annoying.
Furthermore we have to talk about it's terrible runtime that is waaaay to long, or at least felt like that. Lots of scenes are just unnecessary or plainly stupid.
Also, as historically accurate the depiction of the battle for power between the characters after Stalin's death may be, some moments that are critical to the plot are plain lies! And although the writers probably did this for comedic reasons, the result is just very insulting towards the Russians. Which makes the cencorship on this film in Russia, that we all found so hillarious, that bit more understandable.
And to end, here are some things I loved about this movie:
The cast is amazing!
The music should be remembered forever! Thát's how you score a comedic movie properly, taking note of the time and place and characters, rather than of how to make the music sound stupidly funny.
And certain scenes gave me belly aches from laughter.
So watch it, laugh, be aware of the true history behind it. For it isn't all too bad a movie, yet not as good as many give it credit for.