Women at the Peak

This is one of those films that had to look at least good on paper. The main idea is not bad, and quite a few professionals took part in the shooting, but it is obvious that despite all the efforts, Lenka Kny hasn't done much yet. Certain parallels with Poledňáková's work and the re-casting of Jana Preissová (this time as the grandmother) helped a little, but the whole of it unfortunately drags. (03.07.2022)

I really wanted to give this film a chance, thinking that at least the Polívka-Polívková family duo in the role of father and daughter would squeeze something out of it (in the end, unfortunately, they are only in one scene together). However, Women at the Peak is a non-humorous and unentertaining audience scam, created solely so the producer can get paid and for its sponsors. The film’s creators also either didn't care at all, or they did care, but their creative, filmmaking and storytelling skills weren't good enough for anything better (both possibilities are sad). The film is a terribly lazy, unimaginative and simply unsuccessful romantic winter comedy that is essentially not funny or romantic at all. Instead of gags, the film is full of gender stereotypes and people making fun of vegans, and the loving tension between the main heroine, a vegan, organic-loving mother from Prague, who gives everyone celery can't light a fire in the fireplace, and a clumsy rough mountaineer who only needs beer and bacon to be happy, only happens because it fits into the script, not because it’s a natural, believable and an unforced consequence of the character's development in the film. The film is a poorly implemented conglomeration of scenes on all fronts, which is quite painful to watch. (08.11.2019)

Based on my reviews, it must seem like I don't like Anna Polívková, but that's not the case. I have nothing against her at all, I just hate the movies and series in which she has been appearing lately. This film was just another version of the incredibly clichéd romance plot about a grouchy (insert a male character of your choice - gravedigger, burglar, backwoodsman, Crocodile Dundee, what have you) meets an emancipated woman from a big city, who is fighting a futile battle against natural elements, fauna, flora, etc. So, right from the start, it should be clear to every experienced viewer (that is, one who has seen at least three such films) how the story will develop and how it will end. I reminded myself again of why I don't like child actors, savored the usual "ever-so-subtle" product placement and desperately suffered through the storyline about Helena's parents. It wasn’t a nice experience, and the ending was sugary sweet enough to kill a diabetic. (22.05.2020)

Women at the Peak is one of those comedies that are basically impossible to laugh at. Unfortunately, in recent years, Czechs have been producing a huge number of similar impotent shenanigans. It seems to me like an infertile couple desperate to conceive a child and no matter how hard they try, it’s simply not going to happen. (40%) (18.12.2021)