SummaryBased on real events, this film tells the story of the patients in a Russian psychiatric asylum who become involved with the Chechen War after their doctors, nurses and attendants abandon them.
Directed By:Andrey Konchalovskiy
Written By:Andrey Konchalovskiy
House of Fools
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A superbly shot film of emotional extravagance, sentimentality and even humor, House of Fools is a film that is ultimately quite moving but which probably could only have been pulled off by a director steeped in that famous Russian soul.
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Konchalovsky, best known here for "Runaway Train" (1985), takes on a difficult subject with a light mix of dark humor and pathos.
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This is obviously a sincere undertaking, and there's a certain homemade charm to the special effects used in the combat scenes.
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Never finds any forward momentum, but Vysotskaya's sweet performance and the unsubtle but effective use of the war-torn asylum as a stand-in for the former USSR keep it compelling.
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House of Fools is not in the category of the director's acclaimed "Runaway Train." It may be based on a true story, but another filmmaker told it before -- and better.
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Only adds to the sense that Mr. Konchalovsky has lost his artistic moorings. He has certainly lost his common sense.
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For world-class lapses of judgment, Andrei Konchalovsky's House of Fools is a berserk overachiever.
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