Strong and Moving!

Brilliant and touching

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

I've never written a review on here before, as most of the movies that I liked were already pretty well covered, and also, I am quite lazy when it comes to these things. However, after visiting the IMDb page for "Inadequate people", I was immensely irritated to see that, even though the film has a decent score (7.3 at the moment), it has only 3 reviews, of which two were clearly written by bitter people (I'd use a different word, but I don't want this review to be rejected by the site) who were either having a bad day, or just generally wouldn't know what a quality movie was, if it hit them in the face.The first thing worth noting about this movie is that the posters (I've seen two of them) do not do it justice, and neither does the trailer. Believe me, I know that modern Russian films can be quite empty and superficial, not to mention get lost in translation. If judging by the aforementioned promotional material, one would probably guess that this is just another weak attempt at comedy, with a plot along the lines of "schmuck falls for hot teen girl". Luckily, this couldn't be further away from the truth. What awaits anyone who decides to watch this nifty little low-budget movie is a sweet, somewhat unpredictable story with well-developed characters, with whom we are acquainted slowly and spontaneously, without anything being forced upon the audience, and, in my opinion, very good pacing and familiar, indie style cinematography, that I'm not used to seeing in Russian flicks.If I had to point one thing out in particular, it is the terrific acting by both leads, and the fact that their characters might be the first that I've seen in these "troubled people from different backgrounds and demographic groups find something in common" films, who are not annoying in their attempts to show how troubled they are. They get close to that at times, but they are generally very human, and show some quite endearing qualities. I'd even say that the story is constructed in a way that it sort of leads you into falling for the female lead, after initially finding her slightly irritating. If all this does sound familiar, don't worry, it was not done in a cliché way.No movie so far has made me actually sit down and write a review for it, so I hope this will be the best possible indicator to how much I liked "Inadequate people" and how emphatically I recommend them for viewing.

I didn't know that the main actress is an amateur, but upon the end of the film I thought that she just a dumb actress with a cute face. CUTE FACE nothing more, so it appeared to be true, she was hand picked only on the basis of her appearance. The director had a major flaw. All characters just READING text, only one girl who was really acting is the boss of the guy. She was only convincing person, the rest are just a dolls of writer/director pretentious imagination that suppose to impersonate real people. If he is a real director than better to stick with making movies and leave screenplay for real writers. Great camera man work (nice picture) and make up artist, but the dialogs and whole picture worth watching only if you want to torch yourself with feeling that your'e watching people trying to make a movie, and don't see a real characters, besides one actress. In the nutshell whole picture is falling apart. Cheers!

This is a tiny budget feature that is adequate and if you understand Russian sometimes amusing with reasonable sense of humor, which will be lost if you have to read subtitles. It is not particularly original and somewhat trivial considering youth of the director.There are some feeble attempts at poetry as in "love is like walking in a snow without leaving footprints" - from the diary of main character.The story concerns thirty-something man, who suffered loss of his girlfriend due to the drunk driving accident where he was at fault - you see how original this is. Through the advise of a psychologist he settles in Moscow and gets a job in the magazine for women. He meets his neighbor, a rebellious but clever teen, who falls in love with him and he with her. We are shown standard situations with nothing original.I suppose, the take away idea from this film is to, when you meet someone that clicks with you, then grab them and do not let them go, no matter what age they are. The statutory rape (the girl is seventeen) is no impediment.

I happened to watch this one during the 10th annual Russian Film Week in New York back in December, and I have to say it was not a waste of time. To cut the long story short, it's a movie about a new generation Lolita and a disillusioned thirty-year-old, who leaves his small town life for some big city lights. As the plot evolves, this odd couple joins a bunch of weirdos for parties, discos and more to finally find a way - through their issues straight to each other's bleeding hearts – as they go along. You may find this movie quite moving/stirring/funny/sad/cynical at times, and as inadequate as the title suggests. I have doubts when determining the genre (what would you say to "a bleeding slice of life served cold"?), so I will put it as a movie that's worth 90 minutes of your life. Personally, I was surprised to learn that the movie was a $100,000 project of a 26 year-old Roman Karimov, who directed it and wrote both the script and the soundtrack. And, yes, it is totally recommended to those who still see modern times Russia through the lens of antiquated stereotypes