Summer with Gentleman

Bien que ce soit une comédie estivale, la seule chose drôle à propos de cette comédie est que Jaromír Hanzlík, âgé de soixante-dix ans, s'est lui-même assigné le rôle d'un séducteur charismatique et mystérieux qui séduit des femmes beaucoup plus jeunes avec des poèmes romantiques et des promenades le long des méandres de la Vltava. Cependant, il semble plus être un psychopathe lubrique venant dans les villages pour séduire les femmes mariées et la seule raison pour laquelle il peut être considéré comme un personnage relativement solide est parce que tous les autres personnages masculins du film sont des ivrognes avachis et déplaisants. Le casting du personnage principal féminin est également extrêmement bizarre, car elle est jouée par une actrice quarantenaire alors qu'elle devrait être plutôt sexagénaire. Une histoire déjà assez misérable est en plus entrecoupée d'épisodes absurdes sans lien avec l'intrigue principale (comme des débats entre villageois sur la gestion des égouts ou essayer de faire passer un cortège funèbre à travers la place avec des forains). Le film insinue ouvertement aux femmes que souffrir en tant que victime dans un mariage toxique fait partie de leur destin, parce que « tout est mieux que le divorce ». Le sexisme dégoulinant se combine ici avec un humour considérablement déplacé et la scène finale qui accompagne le générique de fin dans laquelle de la merde est déversée dans un champ, résume le mieux l'ensemble du film. (25/06/2020)

I quite like Jaromír Hanzlík as an actor, but I definitely won't praise him for this performance as a screenwriter and actor. If the script for this film wasn't a criminal offense, it was certainly a stimulus for the misdemeanor commission for committing crude violence against human taste. Even the opening fall from the bike was directed so poorly that it caused me physical pain. The dialogues were terrible, and I made up my mind about the evaluation after four minutes and twelve seconds. The "great" atmosphere was perfectly complemented by the chosen music, and everything was topped off, of course, by the meander of the Vltava river, the quarry, and Lucie Vondráčková. It's a shame that there weren't any funny scenes from the filming during the closing credits; I would have loved to see Jaromír Hanzlík's installation on top of a tree. I really couldn't find anything good about this matter, and I think even the garbage film overestimates it. But when Prima is the main partner, I can't expect a better outcome. (07/10/2021)

Summer with Gentleman certainly has ideas. That's not its problem. The distant memory of Summer with a Cowboy inspired another summer comedy... What's funny is how many people it was their first feature film (Adamec, Antalová...) and that it's more like a little TV film that looks like a poor relation to real films in the movie theaters. Hanzlík, on the other hand, wanted a relaxed, generational film for people who would be flattered just to meet their favorites again in similar roles they were used to seeing them in years ago. (22/01/2021)

I always liked Jaromír Hanzlík. I was looking forward to his cinematic comeback, so I'm disappointed that it didn't turn out particularly well. The script, which he wrote himself, unfortunately has a lot of weak spots, but I can't say that the story itself offends me in any way. If there weren't so many comparisons Summer with a Cowboy, which is much better and funnier, I'd give Summer with Gentleman at least a weaker three stars. I'm slowly reaching the age when I can identify with Anna played by Alena Antalová. (40%) (26/07/2021)