Absurdistan Reviews

The trip to Absurdistan is worth taking, detours and all.

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A simplistic, straightforward tale that's beautifully staged with the same wave of the magical-realism wand that powers Jeunet & Caro's Delicatessen.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10

A funny and bawdy fable that playfully deals with community, a battle between the sexes, the preciousness of water, and the joy of young love.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

A lighthearted charmer, one of the most spirited and enjoyable comedies to hit ... theaters so far this year.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

Absurdistan has more than a little bit of magic at its heart; it's a tale of love and perseverance, gently winking at its happy viewers.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

The film isn't much more than light slapstick bookended by a sweet if lust-driven romance.

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Writer-director Veit Helmer creates a wildly imaginative world worthy of Gabriel Garca Mrquez at his most playful, drenching it in vivid color and a Slavic sense of bleak humor.

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'Borat' meets 'Lysistrata' in a delightful, surreal tale filmed in Azerbaijan and Georgia.

Full Review | Original Score: B+

Sometimes the village looks like an antique postcard come to life, at other times like outtakes from a lost Marx Brothers film or an overly precious PBS documentary.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10

Absurdistan lives up to its name with its virtual nonstop drollery. And in Malerova the film has a most appealing leading lady.

| Original Score: 2.5/4

Refreshingly offbeat, delightfully funny and irresistibly entertaining without a dull moment.

Full Review | Original Score: 8.5/10

Despite its comedic limitations, this film is up to more than its American adolescent counterparts.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

As in "Tuvalu," Veit's style is reminiscent of both France's Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet ("Delicattessen") with their whimsical machinery and surreal worlds and Canada's Guy Maddin's use of silent film standards...

Full Review | Original Score: B

Makes for a lovely hour and a half of old-fashioned storytelling.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

Absurdistan moves with confidence and grace with a genuine romantic and erotic drive.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

Has a folkloric charm buoyed by consistent comic inventiveness.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

Full of whimsy but almost devoid of charm.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

Absurdistan doesn't have a ton of high-voltage laughs, but it's a nonstop charm machine.

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Veit Helmer's latest is a delightful fable sans dialogue...is too enjoyable to go unappreciated offshore.

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An attempt at comic allegory that stretches a thin premise to feature length.