disappointing ideological distortion of history

Rating: 1/10 (22 October 2017)

I have been waiting for this film for a long time and I was really disappointed when I finally watched in at the cinema. I thought that it was extremely stereotypical to the point of silliness. A comedy is supposed to be funny and slightly silly, that is the rule of the genre, but not to the extent that it is just not funny any more and just silly and offensive.
There are many distortions of historical facts in the film. It would be good if the script writers could have familiarized themselves with historical events before writing the script. One can say that as a film and not a documentary the film does not have to reflect historical facts accurately. However, it is a matter of ethical standards as in this film historical events are distorted from a certain ideological view point rather than just as a fantasy of artistic imagination.
The film is hugely ideological. At the time when negative image of Russia prevails in politics and in the media, how ethical is it to create another propagandist and hugely ideologically engaged film depicting a very traumatic period of Russian history in the most humiliating, diminishing and untruthful way?
The makers of the film are hugely insensitive to the values and ideals of Russian people. I think that anybody who wants to make a film about a foreign country should have some respect for the country. Marshall Zhukov is immensely respected and loved by Russian people and I find it unacceptable to depict him as a brutal murderer.
The film is a comedy, a completely distorted historical narrative, comics, a film resembling comedy animation with simplistic and caricature characters. It is a mixture of genres and this makes the film inconsistent. All these genres do not fit comfortably with each other.The style of the film is close to comics. There is nothing that would give depth to the film, no building characters around archetypes, nor relation between the inward subconscious dreamlike reality and the outside world, no allusions to other literary works and/or historical events. It is just a straightforward simplistic comics narrative. At times it is boring and repetitive and not funny at all.
The film also shows exaggerated bizarre sequence of senseless murders. This could have never happened historically. The genre of comics may justify it but again behind the facade of the rules of the genre there is a simple ideological message that is to depict Russia not only negatively but also in a humiliating, diminishing and almost bullying way. As a Russian myself, I find the film hugely offensive.