I'm All Good

I’m All Good is all good with me too, despite the fact that the first half is a dragged-out nothing. The whole movie like that would have been unbearable, but luckily in the second half it flops over into a cute little Czech farce about an ingenious plan which, with its grubby tracksuits with a couple of thousand crowns in pocket at a dusty fair in Prague, stands up nicely even in the shadow of the neon lights and sharp suits of Ocean’s Eleven. We don’t have to enter into a long discussion about whether Polívka as Mrklas (read Mr. Class) boils a much tastier broth than the rest of the ensemble. That’s just the way it is. Too bad that they don’t go overboard on the humor front, it would have helped in places. The couple of flashes of comedy are about the best things in this movie. In school the word good was a synonym for average and, all told, I’m All Good is more than equal to its title. (15/05/2008)

The pace of the story was as slow as water in a cut-off river meander, but I can't say I was bored. I didn’t like some of the characters, while others were quite good. As much as I usually dislike Bolek Polívka, his Mr. Mrklas was clearly the best performance of the film. A close second was Petr Forman’s Láďa, who had some great moments. (07/05/2020)

This is a Czech heist movie that's exactly as small as you'd expect for a Czech basin, but it's enjoyable enough to keep you entertained. The actors do what they're supposed to do, they're entertaining, and the script gives them room to excel and is clever enough that I'm All Good can actually be described as a heist film. (13/03/2018)

After the first period, I cursed Hřebejka for choosing such a painfully boring subject, but at the end, I forgave him all the suffering. The fact that he can pack so many lines, atmosphere, and tension into the final tens of minutes proves that the most productive Czech director of our time still has it, with a little effort, in any genre. He just shouldn't be trying to play God. (06/03/2010)

Hřebejk, Jarchovský, and Šabach continue their narrative about the past decades to "document" a similar phenomenon of the 1990s to Holiday Makers. So now it’s about Shells. The film does feature some nice moments with the traditional cast, led by Polívka. Lenka Vlasáková has a nice etude on the topic of ecological cosmetics and Oriflame-style sales. There is probably some value in remembering this feature of post-revolutionary euphoria, but I dread what’s going to come next time. What other useless trifles will be promoted... (04/11/2009)