Strong and Moving!

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

The acting in this movie is really good.

Not sure why the film has such positive reviews. It is predictable in the sense that you know the main character is getting screwed, you know nothing good will come of it, and you have a pretty good idea how it will all end. You can't do anything about it, so if you choose to watch it to the end, you just end up feeling bad about human beings in general. I did not watch the last 30 minutes or so, because I already knew what was coming. There is very little comedy in this film, and a lot of drama. The drama is good but you have to be into heavy films. I much preferred the only other film I saw by Kustrica - Life is a Miracle. To me that film is a masterpiece. This one is not quite.

This film has a little bit of everything: comedy, love, drama, success, and failure. This Kusturica film has the viewer enticed throughout, by relating to anyone who's dreamed of achieving something great. The protagonist, Perhan, starts as a young boy and learns the good and the bad parts of growing up and having increased responsibilities for himself and for his family. He learns that the world isn't always what it seems and you have to adapt to the situations around you. Kusturica employs many elements of magical realism within the film, by having Perhan and his grandmother have special abilities, which are seen as rare, but normal within the film. Since Perhan and his family are gypsies, they make do with very little and find ways to survive. There are many occurrences in which Perhan is tasked with choosing between his family and opportunities to make money and the viewers find themselves asking what they would do if they found themselves in the same situation.This movie is directed wonderfully and gives a true and gritty look into the struggle one faces while trying to move up in the world and become successful. Kusturica also works to ensure its authenticity by having the film spoken in the native tongue of Romany. I highly recommend this film to anyone who is looking for a different take on the coming-of-age story.

I watched "Time of the gypsies" when I was an adolescent boy. When I could not speak a word in English. Until nowadays I could still remember what I felt when I watch this movie but not the title of movie and I didn't know why I could remember. But now I understand why.. This movie has very strong power to make an impression specially when it comes to magical realism, I can still remember how I was amazed when Perhan use his ability. This movie felt like some busy festival where gypsies are dancing and Singing around. Which is exactly what I felt like when I was young. 2 hours of me in the middle of gypsy festival.

Time of the Gypsies, is a film of art the director Emir Kusturica incorporates many details into the film that makes it captivating. The structure of the film is very interesting it begins as a comedy and transitions into being a tragedy. Kusturica tells a story about a boy name Perhan who is the protagonist character that has telekinetic powers, he was raised by his grandmother and has a little sister; the audience follows his journey of his life experiences and choices . Magical realism is demonstrated through out the film, for example, when Perhan and his little sister are in the backseat of the car they look through the back window and immediately Perhan and his sister spot a wedding veil flowing through the air it seem as if the veil was traveling with them. Another example is after Ezra delivers their baby she dies but then begins to levitate in the air and it was symbolic because her levitation was giving the message to Perhan that he is the father of their child not Ahmed. In addition, it also seems as her levitation was showing that the baby possibly has magical powers as well. Something that is very interesting is the way the film ends, Perhan goes to Ahmed's wedding to seek revenge, which is him using his telekinetic powers to kill Ahmed.However, since he does kill Ahmed, it leads to Ahmed's wife deciding to murder Perhan which results in Perhan death. In contrast, in the beginning of the film it starts off with a wedding scene but the scene is more comedic; therefore, it was very interesting how Kusturica structures both scenes into being very dynamic.