Shoky & Morthy: Poslední velká akce

This is the most complex Czech film of the last decade. I mean it! All the foreign samples are put together into a purely Czech whole that works in all conceivable positions. The satire toward the local YouTube scene could perhaps be a bit sharper (and maybe that's why I'm not giving it full stars), but I enjoyed everything else perfectly. There's no point in naming specifics, but the scene with the shit is exactly the kind of thing everyone else wished they'd made, but it never came out exactly in the balanced level of dementia and wit that it does here. I'm going to pretend this wasn't all a coincidence and I’m cautiously hoping for a sequel. (14.02.2022)

A glimmer of hope for Czech cinema... Kozub and Štáfek drift through today’s pulp online inspiration unscathed, poking fun at it in a way that makes you laugh out loud. Andy Fehu has a feel for comic timing and lets Kozub improvise when needed, like he does in his YouTube show Three Tigers, but manages occasionally to calm him down a little. The journey to find the dead bride, combined with the story of disintegrating friendship pulls another ace out of its purse in the form of Magnus’ "Master of the Shits" which presents YouTubers in their full glory. It’s been a while, but at last a really amusing Czech movie. P.S.: It even made it to Netflix, which is a triumph for the main protagonists. (12.12.2021)

Shoky and Morty are YouTubers whose careers are coming to an end, so they decide to try to make a documentary about a cursed bride who has been killing people for centuries, and maybe figure out what to do with their lives and their friendship. Andy Fehu delivers a bold and clever film that plays with genres and pokes fun at audience expectations. It manages to be scintillatingly funny, clever and real, and you're never sure what's coming next. Štáfek and Kozub are great, Magnusek is awesome, and Fehu is his own man. (31.07.2021)

Andy Fehu’s new project is likable because, among other things, it doesn’t try to ply the same waters as his breakthrough revelation The Greedy Tiffany, although this may cause some mild disenchantment and unfulfilled expectations among viewers who were enthusiastic about his debut. On the one hand, the project has a whiff of Štěpán Kopřiva and his meta-reflexive work for experts in the area of genres and pop culture. Fortunately, however, Andy Fehu does not base his film only on quoting from particular models. He works with a more general and more generally applicable range of formalistic and stylistic associations, which he uses to enrich his biting comedy from the world of the young and self-absorbed. The awkward but sincere forty-year-old Radomil inevitably comes across as the most likable character. Tomáš Magnusek deserves considerable credit for this due to his breathtaking performance. This is where we see the difference between Shoky & Morthy and Kopřiva’s works with their casting of Michal David and Dada Patrasová. Fehu isn’t satisfied with a mocking wink and a role that benefits solely from the actor’s status as a celebrity. Instead, he gives Magnusek room to play the part with grace and a range that surpasses everyone else involved. If he doesn’t come away from this with a nomination for the Czech Lion for Best Supporting Actor or the Czech Film Critics' Award for Discovery of the Year, it will be a disgrace for both institutions. (01.08.2021)

A cheaper but decent horror adventure comedy from Czechia! The story focuses on two youtubers, one of them is getting tired of it, so they decide to do one last video for the fans: a documentary about the mystery of the nice crosses, featuring even a Bloody Bride! As a comedy, it is funny mainly thanks to Štěpán Kozub (knowing his previous works is an advantage). His acting style and more abrasive humour are always welcome for me. The film has a nice pace, good actors and a lot of interesting ideas and especially an unexpected ending where a buddy-comedy with ghosts turns into a minor splatter, and I like that. Story 3/5, Action 2/5, Humour 4/5, Violence 3/5, Fun 4/5 Music 3/5, Visuals 3/5, Atmosphere 3/5, Suspense 3/5, Emotion 2/5, Actors 4/5. 7.5/10. (28.11.2021)