I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Funny story in a novel! I had the opportunity to watch this movie at a private screening in Miami. It had me and the whole crowd in the room laughing the whole movie. Telling a great story about gypsies and using a raw location- a small village in Transylvania, this movie is something I haven't seen before.Such a great idea to bring in light the still untouched part of Romania and it's mixture of nationalities that migrate there and never left: gypsies in this particular film, Hungarians, Germans, etc The visuals, the acoustic...such a perfect blend.Impressive acting with a sarcastic and comedic twist from professional and AMATEUR actors. Great story and great directing and editing! Bravo

I will try to be short at on the point about this film. For the people living in Romania, there is not much to say... because the quality of the film, the story, the humor, its there and its easy for them to understand. It's an independent film that in my opinion, is bringing back the quality of a comedy we used to have in the golden times of our Romanian comedy films. For the people outside of US... if you want to laugh then you must watch this film. A combination of tradition, culture, specific Transylvanian humor and language... It has the receipt for a perfect comedy film. If you ever wanted to visit Romania or more specifically Transylvania, but you never did... then this may be your first virtual visit and I promise you will leave with a big smile on your face and some good memories.

"All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it." (Antoine de Saint-Exupery) Well, this is this movie is about. And more.First you cannot avoid to relate to Kusturica's "Black cat, white cat" but pretty soon you'll find out something completely different. "Usturoi" is about being human, being kind and it's about innocence. It touches even hard themes like chauvinism/racism not from a philosophical-social frown perspective but through the eyes of the children or the heart of a mother and reminds us that we're all the same, just in different contexts. The movie doesn't pretend to be profound and mind blowing, it's a extremely positive fair comedy, but, interesting enough, it lets behind some unfinished home-works about own pre- and mis- conceptions.And IT'S A COMEDY! You laugh watching it. I'm tired of comedies that didn't even make me smile; boring and full of stereotypes. It's a real comedy, a positive one, not a satire, you enjoy this movie. You don't have the feeling that you stupidly lost two hours of your life.Last but not least, the film is excellent, without lowering your expectations knowing the fact that it's a (very) low budget independent production. From all the points of view. It's a "must see".

Even for one who speaks no Romanian, the subtitles often seem superfluous. The impressive acting and wonderful direction convey meaning without the need for spoken words. Who am I to write a review; just a fellow photographer lucky enough to have been invited to a screening. What is "Garlic?" - Nothing more than a timeless "Romeo and Juliet" written into a modern setting yet addressing age old problems in the language of two naïve but intuitive preteen boys. It is a tragedy reinvented as a comedy through the antics of the younger brother and his best friend. Not since Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn has the camaraderie of two boys from disparate backgrounds in a small community represented a microcosm of contemporary society. The boys' perception of the "irrational" adult world leads them to find a solution to their problem that may seem funny yet is completely logical in a Lewis Carroll sort of way; sending them on the way in their "cross-country" adventures and on to new discoveries which add a surprise twist to the plot. The story is presented in a novel way which can only be described as a docucomedy as in docudrama with a comedic twist.