10 Years

I really enjoy movies about people returning after years and finding out how everyone has changed. This perfect magic was used by the movie "Prci, prci, prcičky: Školní sraz", which greatly benefited from the fact that you really know the characters and reunite with them after some time, as if they were your real classmates. In this aspect, the film simply worked perfectly, but surprisingly, the movie "10 Years" also succeeded when the characters meet again after ten years. We didn't know them beforehand, we only get to know them through photos and storytelling, there are no real flashbacks, but all of a sudden, we start to care about the characters, we start to realize how much their lives have changed. Did any of them achieve what they wanted? Are they the same as before? Can they still understand each other? Secrets are revealed that have been hidden for a long time, facts about themselves that people didn't even know. Suddenly, you are connected to these characters and you want to know how it will turn out between them. These are small stories, but they are told with taste and the right sentiment, that it won't bother you at all. It's not a big film, but I think this is one of those that is worth watching. Maybe these characters will remind you of yourself, maybe they will show you what your own lives actually are. It probably won't change your world, but I couldn't exclude it. These stories are quite believable, they could have happened to someone among us. More: http://www.filmovy-denik.cz/2013/01/divosi-10-years-divoka-stvoreni-lets.html (05/03/2013)

We haven’t had such an atmospheric and lively portrayal of a class reunion after ten years on the big screen for a long time. Fine dialogues and a good sense of the unknown, where the people know each other, but 10 years takes them back a step in a way - and that's the best thing about the film. Unfortunately, it also feels bland with an unsatisfying ending, and the that the good characters that you want to know more about are given shockingly little space (Rosario Dawson, Oscar Isaac), while the reckless show-offs (Channing Tatum and Chris Pratt) are given way too much, even though their characters don’t have much to offer. (14/08/2015)