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Egy újabb rákban haldokló cseh, amelyet csak egy figyelemre méltóan finom humorú rendezői kézjegy fűszerez. (2015.08.13)

Home cares has high its highs and lows. You don't expect anything from it, and it first excites you with the golden sixtieth solid aura of the new wave, then it turns in a completely different direction, it is packed with ambitions that are very close to being ridiculous self-parody, and finally the movie is saved by a really nice ending. Horák seems to have an undeniable talent as both a screenwriter and a director, but he would need a big stick in the form of an uncompromising playwright. (2015.11.29)

After my chat with Mihulová and Polívka, I was really sad that I didn’t get to see the movie at the movie festival in Karlovy Vary. Luckily, I made up for it, because the local theatre started screening it and so I wasted no time and decided to immediately go support the movie. And I have to say – it was worth it. Slávek Horák is an excellent director and he has connected one rather harsh human life story with his unique humor, which has beautifully softened the difficult circumstances of the characters in some of the tenser scenes. Bolek Polívka has delivered a decent acting performance that reminded me of his role in The Inheritance. What’s more, his wife played by Alena Mihulová is also named Vlasta. Now let us say some more about Alena Mihulová. Her acting performance was something absolutely extraordinary and beautiful. I’d really love to thank her personally one more time, because she’d deserve standing ovations from all of us for this role, just like she’d deserve to win some type of an award validating her qualities. She’s handled this incredibly difficult role in such a human way and her performance is more sober than anything I’ve seen in a Czech movie in a while. I can’t rate the heavy story but also the human side of it, including the humor itself, with less than the full five stars. Home Care is a beautiful movie that confirms the fact that Czech cinematography can have a very high quality. (2015.07.25)

The supporting role with Tatiana Vilhelmová should have remained in the background and not inexplicably come to the forefront. Its transparency and, consequently, its lack of finality is what ultimately causes Home Care to fall through the cracks. It's a shame because the buzz was decent, Boleslav Polívka gives his first perfectly normal performance in years, and thanks to a topic that is close to my heart professionally, I was prepared to meet the film halfway wherever I could. (2017.01.02)

Flawless performances, especially the two leads, no doubt about it. But what would such quality performers be if they were not lucky enough to have an interesting subject and a director who could make the filming interesting as well? Except for the European "joke" with the frog underpass and the "joke" with the patient's conversion, it was very good - delicately sensitive and with a beautiful ending. (2017.01.01)