Over Fingers

For every ten terrible Czech comedies, there is a good one, and that is without a doubt Above Fingers. The story is nothing interesting, but the unusual setting of volleyball and especially the actors, with Jiří Langmajer playing his typical role of a womanizer in a love triangle between Petra Hřebíčková and Denisa Nesvačilová, who are perhaps the hottest girls on the Czech comedy scene. It's nice to watch, especially when the girls are only wearing bikinis, and there are plenty of funny lines as well. 7/10. (23/01/2020)

I didn't expect anything at all and I got something different than a classic Czech romcom (which is an anti-genre in and of itself). Fortunately, the film doesn't play at being something it’s not. Beach volleyball is a look at girls in bikinis, and there is no shortage of butts (ladies' and men's) or lush breasts. The cast is typical rolling stock, the co-production with Slovakia added a few less familiar faces like Marián Miezga, and Ostrava didn't forget about Štěpán Kozub for a change. Given that it’s full of relationship platitudes in a sports setting, the result is at least less harmful than vulgarities like Theory of Tiger or Patrimony, which beat the target audience over the head with nonsense and stereotypes of unreal proportions. (07/11/2020)

Watching this film was like riding on a roller coaster. The beginning was quite entertaining, and I had some good laughs. Moving the tractor was hilarious, so I thought it would turn out to be a success, but... after a while, the story became weirdly silly, the plot was really dumb at times and the attempt at a Czech Big Lebowski just didn't do it for me. (25/02/2020)

It would have been better without Kolečko. Apart from the attractive scenes connected with the ballgame (cut to a minimum), this has nothing to offer. Langmajer is completely wrong for this film and the fact that he has nothing special to offer in terms of acting makes that even more obvious. As is the habit in Czech films, the characters are just dumb and behave irrationally simply for the purpose of creating supposedly funny situations. (31/10/2020)

Watching a comedy where I have to perform almost superhuman feats to get a laugh is probably not the ideal way to spend your time. When it comes to Over Fingers, if there's any humor at all, it mostly borders on awkwardness. The plot also drags incredibly. Moreover, the story is absolutely predictable and without a shred of invention, which in the case of Petr Kolečko is quite astonishing to me. Perhaps it was only because of Jiří Langmajer and Petra Hřebíčková that I watched it to the end, even though their acting was full of awkward performances. (35%) (29/11/2020)