Hyperactive, atrocious, and irresponsible

Rating: 1/10 (31 May 1999)

Absolutely the WORST Kustarica film I've had the misfortune of sitting through- he tried to be funny about one of the least humorous topics in recent Balkan history (the Bosnian conflict)--maintains the problem is between Serbs and Croats and disregards that Bosnian Muslims were even an entity in Bosnia. I found the irreverence, starting with the close up of a whores large bottom at the beginning of this tedious film, intolerable. The visual gimmicks were tired and previously employed in Time of the Gypsies and Arizona Dream and therefore unoriginal. The day after I was subjected to UNDERGROUND a local station showed WHEN FATHER WAS AWAY ON BUSINESS reminding me why I felt cheated and betrayed by Underground and why I used to admire Kustarica in the past. Bregovic's soundtrack is the only redeeming element of this waste of time.