Director Vladimir Michalek and writer Jiri Hubac deftly suggest the pathos of old age while avoiding the saccharine and the morbid.
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11/21/03
Autumn Spring (2003)
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Reviews Counted:36
Fresh:35
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.2/10
Theatrical Release:Aug 22, 2003 Limited
Synopsis: A Czech film from director Vladimir Michalek, AUTUMN SPRING tackles the theme of aging and death with subtle humor in this film, which tips its hat to the free-spirited New Wave cinema.... [More]
Starring: Vlastimil Brodsky, Petra Spalkova, Ondrej Vetchy, Stella Zazvorkova
Director: Vladimir Michalek
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Reviews for Autumn Spring
Top Critic[A] lovely comedy about old age, marriage, men and women.
11/21/03
Blithely bittersweet comedy is a paean to personal freedom, and to the glories of '60s Czech cinema.
08/21/03
Top CriticA fantastic vehicle for three seasoned actors given the chance to play juicy roles at this stage of their lives.
11/07/03
Manages the rare achievement of provoking audience members to tears and laughter during the course of its 95 minute running time.
08/05/03
Top CriticAutumn Spring is a Czech comedy that reveals that play can rejuvenate a marriage at any stage in the relationship if partners have plenty of patience and are willing to go with the flow.
08/21/03
Marks an expansively funny memorial for Brodsky.
09/26/03
Top CriticThe kind of warm, uplifting champion-the-underdog film that studios now try to produce at any cost, a subgenre of world cinema that has been reduced to a formula.... Autumn Spring is the wonderful real deal.
10/14/03
A wonderful tribute to a wonderful actor.
08/21/03
Without resorting to schmaltz or sticky pathos, director Vladimir Michalek fashions an allegory about aging, friendship and love that equals the best American movies on those tricky subjects, from Cocoon to On Golden Pond.
11/15/03
A guide, a vade mecum, of old age.
07/19/03
Mr. Brodsky's final screen performance in one of his richest roles finds overlapping layers of humor and pathos.
04/03/03
Top CriticA subtly comic tale that in effect takes 'About Schmidt' forward by 15 years.
03/13/03
A fun movie about and for old people...also happens to be a movie that young people won’t be able to resist
11/21/03
A wry, tender embrace of ageing and loving, dying and living, to the fullest, as best one can.
08/14/03
A gentle story of love and kindness.
12/12/03
A movie that chooses not to mourn the elderly prematurely but rather celebrate the possibilities available to anyone with cunning, a wrinkled face and a lot of free time.
11/05/03
Worth a look for anyone in the mood for a story about an old man who lives by Dylan Thomas' advice about not going gently into the night.
01/02/04
Top CriticA charming mix of Walter Mitty and About Schmidt.
08/21/03
Top CriticThis wisp of a Czech heart-warmer dubiously offers up amateur imposture as a form of geriatric empowerment.
08/19/03
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