snatcho Reviews

Crash Test Dummies (2005)

nice serious comedy with surreal humor

[7/10 · 9 November 2005]

Crash Test Dummies has been screened in Seville's European Film Festival (Spain) in November 2005 and was quite liked by the public.

This movie tells the story of a young couple of Romania that travel to Wien (Austria) to get some money out of an illegal deal and how they get mixed with a gold-hearted young security guard and his depressive roommate (oddly the funniest character).

If you see this movie you'll get a balance between humor and seriousness, not being plain silly at all nor overwhelmingly realistic portraying immigrant's problems in a foreign country. It's nice entertainment based in getting smiles and laughs about situations that might have been treated in a much tougher way. You'll find several surreal scenes or moments that really deserve watching.

To put it in a nutshell, worth watching European serious comedy.

Los Serrano (2003–2008)

A funny portrait of a Spanish family

[2 January 2004]

This is not only the best new series of the year in Spain, it's also one of the best sitcoms of the last 5 years. The cast is superb, not only well chosen, but acts remarkably well (specially Belén Rueda, who keeps raising and raising as an actress).

One of the best things I can say about this series is that it truly has a universal humor in most of its contents, and I really mean it: A Chinese student living at my home loves the show even when she doesn't get all they're saying. A proof that the acting is very good and the funny things are a combination of spoken and visual jokes.

I definitely recommend it.