Actually, apart from somewhat overplaying how much of a shrew Zhanna is, Sweetie, You Won’t Believe It really doesn’t do much wrong. But the music and tone of the lyrics accomplish enough on their own. I’m sure if I spoke Kazakh and understood the lyrics it would be even funnier. Much of this is scored to songs that add the perfect touch to the scene. And just when you think they can’t find a worse situation to get into, they do. Once the blood starts flowing Sweetie, You Won’t Believe It becomes an ever-increasing pile of increasingly mangled bodies with Kazakhstan’s answer to The Three Stooges caught in the middle of it. It escalates with a pair of creepy gas station attendants before a carelessly disposed of bottle of urine sets a chain reaction mayhem into motion.
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Then moves on with the arrival of Arman with a van full of defective sex toys. The film opens with an ominous warning on the news about missing campers. Then seasoned with Why Don’t You Just Die. They’ve come up with a film that’s something like The Hangover and Wrong Turn 3 crossed with Fargo and John Wick. But unknown to any of them a menacing figure (Dulgya Akmolda) is watching and has deadly plans for them all.ĭirector Yernar Nurgaliyev had help creating Sweetie, You Won’t Believe It from five co-writers, which is usually not a good sign. When Dastan and his buddies see them blowing someone’s head off with a shotgun they become the next targets.
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The fact none of them know how to fish is irrelevant.Īs they are heading out to the countryside a group of mobsters, Kuka (Alamat Sakatov) Petok (Rustem Zhaniyamanov) and Kissyk (Yerkebulan Daiyrov) are already out there and up to no good.
So he decides that a weekend spent fishing with his buddies Arman (Azamat Marklenov) and Muram (Yerlan Prynsetov) is just what he needs. He’s even more stressed out by his wife Zhanna (Asel Kaliyeva) constantly nagging and screaming at him. How does this bloody black comedy from a country better known for producing MMA fighters than movies fare?ĭastan (Daniyar Alshinov)is stressed out by the thought that he’ll soon be a father. I’m fairly sure though that Sweetie, You Won’t Believe It (Zhanym, ty ne poverish) is the first film from Kazakhstan that we’ve reviewed. Here at Voices From the Balcony, we’ve reviewed films from all over the world, Estonia, Tunisia, Norway, Cambodia, even Mongolia.
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