Well, if only this could be as great as the book... The Yursky film proved that there can be a proper adaptation of this novel. In fact, it was very watchable. But this dud is overly long and plain boring. Also, there are too many actors who can't act. Menshikov, being a decent actor, is an exception, but even he overacts more often than not. It doesn't seem like he wants to be in this movie. The others, though, are much, much worse. And the director is most at fault, as she turned this yarn into an unfunny attempt at farce. I don't know who is so patient that he can sit through all these episodes. I definitely wasn't.
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