Highly Overrated But Still Good

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Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Best Yugoslavian film ever made. Brilliantly simple but then again extreamley interesting piece of pure genius!

If you like to watch international movies in order to learn about other people, eras or mentalities, this is a must see. Described by Emir Kusturica as the best Yugoslav movie ever made, many would agree, showing the Balkan people in their essence. Original, fun and witty, it might not have the same impact on the international viewer as it has on the locals, who get the in-jokes and context only too well. But it still has plenty to offer. This is an authentic movie about people from one of the most screwed up parts of Europe, whose dark humor is inherent in the blood in their veins and the air in their lungs, often toxic and harsh, but that needs to be survived.

Actually I'm surprised there were so many comments about this movie. I saw it as part of a Slavic film festival at a major American University. But nobody in USA has heard of it, which is a real shame! The dynamics between the people are what makes it both funny and sad. They are stuck together on a long bus trip--someplace most of us have been!! But I never had one like this!! My favorite scene is the one where they stop for the funeral. Then the man & woman sneak off for some Lovemaking in the forest but everybody follows them to watch without them knowing! Just as she raises her skirt and he enters her all the way--the consumptive starts hacking & they realize everybody is watching!! Talk about surprised! But...you really have to feel for them even if it is hilariously funny! When you see the ending it is sort of ironic that they enjoyed themselves while they did! Serb humor at it's best!

This is one of the most famous movies in Yugoslavia,not only because everyone watched it in this country but because this particular movie shows a lot about people in there truly meaning and how they deal with each other.It goes deep in social act of the community while they riding on the old bus.Yet this movie usually pull out good laugh among the people who lives there.Not only because some scenes are very funny but also those people found them salves with common situations from every day of life. That's why this movie has to do more than just good peace of comedy.