California Dreamin'
Drama
-
2007
Add to Watchlist
Add to Seenlist
Add to Blacklist
Add to or remove from a custom list
Cristian Nemescu's comedy unfolds against the backdrop of the Kosovo War, 1999. A NATO train rolls through a Romanian hamlet, transporting a plethora of weapons across the country -- without official documents, and equipped only with the verbal consent of the Romanian authorities. The transport thus grows intensely vulnerable.
Director:
Cast:
Similar
Same Director
Details
Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
155 min
Release date:
1 Jun 2007
Country:
RO
Languages:
English, Spanish, Italian, Romanian
Budget:
$1,600,000
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
14 wins & 13 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
At its present length it sprawls shamelessly in terms of the ultimate futility of its narrative.
– Andrew Sarris,
New York Observer,
21 Jan 2009
fresh:
A deft fable that maps global concerns onto a local story with confidence and wit.
– Ben Walters,
Time Out New York,
21 Jan 2009
fresh:
California Dreamin' is a rambunctious, closely observed comedy of cultural collision.
– A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
23 Jan 2009
fresh:
For now at least, we have to be content with this pleasing comedy in search of an editor.
– V.A. Musetto,
New York Post,
23 Jan 2009
fresh:
It could use a trim, but only rarely does it strain for effect, and, for a young man, Nemescu was uncannily versed in the emotions of middle age.
– Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
26 Jan 2009