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Movie Info

A family man (Dragos Bucur) relives his carefree years when he reunites with two friends.

Genre:

comedy, drama
Original Language:

Romanian
Director:

Radu Muntean
Producer:

Dragos Vilcu
Release Date (Streaming):

Nov 28, 2016
Runtime:

1h 42m
Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Cast & Crew

Dragos Bucur
Bogdan Ciocazanu

Anamaria Marinca
Smaranda Ciocazanu

Mimi Branescu
Penescu

Adrian Vancica
Iordache

Roxana Iancu
Ramona

Vlad Muntean
Adrian Ciocazanu

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Critic Reviews for Boogie

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Hampered by pacing that borders on glacial, the performances infuse the story with lingering melancholy.

January 16, 2009 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Philip De Semlyen
Empire Magazine
Naturalistic performances, long takes, unfussy edits and a story that unfolds over a few hours are all present and correct.

January 16, 2009 | Rating: 3/6 | Full Review…

Dave Calhoun
Time Out
An impressive chamber piece by a director who needs watching.

January 16, 2009 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

James Christopher
Times (UK)
This is a tough, shrewd, intelligent movie.

January 16, 2009 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Peter Bradshaw
Guardian
The film remains dour, truthful, grimly droll.

January 16, 2009 | Full Review…

Nigel Andrews
Financial Times
Three 30-somethings relive their gloriously lurid college days for one night only in Radu Muntean's Boogie, a restrained and honest look at the male midlife crisis in an embryonic state.

January 20, 2009 | Full Review…

Boyd van Hoeij
european-films.net
Small but sharp and extremely well observed.

January 16, 2009 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Jon Fortgang
Film4
This is superior film-making, equally comfortable with the light (Boogie's obvious delight in his nipper and the realistic family dynamic) to the dark (his risibly macho deceipt with a jolly hooker).

January 16, 2009 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Tim Evans
Sky Cinema
It may not scale the heights of the best recent Romanian films (4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days, The Death Of Mr Lazarescu) but Boogie is still a bittersweet character study.

January 16, 2009 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Chris Hicks
Total Film
Superbly acted, sharply observed and impressively directed Romanian drama, though it drags a little in the early stages.

January 16, 2009 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Matthew Turner
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