The Hollywood Reporter by Boyd van Hoeij
A scrappy but at times uproarious Romanian comedy.
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Romania · 2016
1h 26m
Director Paul Negoescu
Starring Mircea Banu, Dorian Boguţă, Dragoș Bucur, Alexandru Papadopol
Genre Adventure, Comedy
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Three men from a provincial town—an underemployed carpenter, a conspiracy theorist, and a drunk—need money desperately. They buy a lottery ticket and win! But the ticket is promptly stolen, and the three misfits must set out to recover it in this wild romp of a Romanian comedy.
The Hollywood Reporter by Boyd van Hoeij
A scrappy but at times uproarious Romanian comedy.
The Playlist by Kevin Jagernauth
Negoescu’s charmer plays out as a gentle, ambling, misadventure with three guys who work really hard to make their luck run out. On second thought, maybe this isn’t so different than the rest of the Romanian New Wave after all.
The New York Times by Kristen Yoonsoo Kim
Negoescu has adapted a short story by Ion Luca Caragiale from 1901, and the lottery ticket concept is not necessarily novel, but he gives the film fresh zest with droll observations and pitifully endearing characters — all while poking meta fun at the austere Romanian New Wave movement he works within, and works to dismantle.
Two Lottery Tickets is an existential-absurdist, dirty-kitchen-sink vision of ordinary lives that’s just funny and invigorating enough to hit a note of truth.
Paul Negoescu’s deadpan film finds a few grins as it slowly gets up to speed, and manages a fine finish that makes it worth recommending.
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