The screenplay needed some polishing. At times it is funny, at times it gets cheesy and lazy. But it is a fond memory for me. The film does manage to capture much of the surreal feel of turn-of-the-century Belgrade, and I appreciate that. There was this feeling of being torn and desperately trying to escape to some better place, not just away from Serbia, but away from all the nihilism. I myself left Serbia around that time, and it wasn't so much because of poverty. It was an attempt to escape the ubiquitous feeling of being torn apart and inability to make sense of things. Like many others, I found out that I merely jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire, as the western world took a dramatic turn in the direction of total moral and cultural chaos. Anyway, I enjoy this film despite its faults. Nebojsa Glogovac definitely saves the day in a minor role as a reluctant cop who'd rather smoke weed with the protagonists. I give the film 8 stars, and that's generous.
