You won't be disappointed!

Too much of everything

It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

Go in cold, and you're likely to emerge with your blood boiling. This has to be seen to be believed.

A Perfect Day stood out, having thrown it on with more adrenal expectations and getting a sweet and subtle mess of human connection. The theme intrigues with the atypical, war-torn Balkans backdrop and top notch cast, but expect less gunfire and more interpersonal drama and character development. If you've done any volunteering abroad, prepare to have that gritty, foreign, carefree spirit resurface. Characters constantly jive at and insult each other's quirks over their joint quest to extract a bloated corpse from a village well. Benicio Del Toro reminds of that guy that doesn't want to be there (but really does and just won't admit he doesn't have anywhere else to be) with mellow cynicism. His character develops through the ups and downs of helping a young boy recover a lost soccer ball (which ends in deadpan irony), as well as unexpected tragedy in finding the boy's dead parents and struggling to communicate it.Mélanie Thierry brings energy and a cute aloofness to the seemingly futile group effort, reminding of the pleasant but oft-impractical earnestness of a young volunteer in foreign muck. Tim Robbins injects a reckless humor, used on volunteer, confused soldier and testy shopkeeper. He lightens the mood of what should be serious aid work, helping others see the comedy of taking hit after hit from red tape and roadblock, and putting emphasis on the simple joy of friendship. Olga Kurylenko distracts with her wit and seductive charm, supplying the tension of hot romance at the wrong place and time. Together, the four balance an emotionally prickly but rewarding dynamic as they rattle past pothole and dead cow.The film highlights simplicity in hopelessness while the characters stumble forward, evoking the strong bond of friendship formed in life's trivial and unexpected moments. The crisp, mountainous cinematography shines over the lessor-shown Balkans geography and conflict, and provides ideal background turmoil for this very enjoyable, character driven escapade.

A story about a group of aid workers trying to solve a problem and all they need is a rope. How hard could it possibly be to find a rope ? Add in the fact that they are in the middle of a war torn country. Strewn about are the remnants of war and a fragile peace that hangs by a thread. The dangers and hardships are real as this mixed group of people navigates the foreign countryside, language and its people.Beautifully crafted the story takes us along their journey. Encounter after encounter, problem after problem they press on with their singular mission. In the end the problem is solved in the simplest of ways. A story about humanity and more importantly what many of us take for granted in our daily lives. Bravo to the producers, cast and crew of this wonderful movie.

Four things appealed to me about this film. There was relatively little profanity. I don't recall a single gunshot, and there was no car chase or gratuitous nudity; in fact there was no nudity at all. In an age where it is rare to find a movie with these qualities, I should give it a 7. But I won't. This director has talent and I hope he ups his game. I see that I need to come up with a few more lines of text for an acceptable post. One item I enjoyed was the playful criticism of the UN efforts, or lack thereof, to aid in war torn countries. I also enjoyed their dependence on locals to do their work. The characters showed a respect for the people they were trying to help.

At first I was reluctant to see this film. The trailer showed Americans somewhere in the Balkans, observing the cruelty of war and helping out with their Western sensibilities. I've rarely seen a movie with this subject that I enjoyed.However, A Perfect Day is not that kind of movie. Firstly, it is deeply European! The violence is only hinted at - strange for a film made by a Spaniard :) - yet the viewer is awash in frustrations of the daily life of relief workers: the UN bureaucracy, the indifference of both international authorities and whatever local ones are, the lack of recognition from the people you try to help, lack of resources and going through all kinds of wacky situations.Yet the movie stands strangely on a pervasively optimistic note. The irony of the title doesn't come from the day not being perfect, but because it is the absolute best day in the life of these people, even when they couldn't do anything but not mess up completely.The acting is great, the script was fantastic, it is a worthwhile movie to watch.