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I'm giving this one star. Not that there was any reason for satisfaction; it's just that I have seen much worse lately. I am firmly convinced that Czech filmmakers cannot make a thriller that doesn't look silly, but I am also equally sure they can make a good comedy or drama. They can, but not all of them. Well, those who made this emotionless drama probably weren't able to. It was an emotionally flat story that didn't make me hate the main villain or root for the main heroine and left me completely indifferent. I used to like Vilma Cibulková, but for some time now, I have felt that her characters are either emotionally flat or overly dramatic. Nothing in between. What a shame. The protagonist was very dull; the whole group of women would be more suitable for a bad comedy and don't even get me started on Pavel Kříž. Besides not making me feel anything, the film also had the biggest weakness of the current Czech film production - pathetic dialogue. / Lesson learned: Always cast the ashes downwind. (2023.03.14)

I remember how I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to see this movie in a cinema. Vlastina Svátková was promoting it nicely and even the premise seemed interesting so it almost looked like I would miss a nice Czech drama in a cinema. Eventually I was glad I didn’t make it. Already from the first scene when the hysterical Vilma Cibulková interferes in a plastic surgery it is evident that this movie would be really a dumb hospital drama. And even though the fault didn’t lie with the actors who were actually good I still wonder why these kind of movies are filmed in Czechia. I’ve seen a number of Scandinavian dramas of these type, some were good, some weren’t, but I don’t remember ever seeing a B-rated movie nonsense such as this one. (2020.09.03)

The premise had quite a lot of potential, but I was very irritated by the clichéd script and the way the flashbacks were shot was hard to swallow. Nevertheless, considering it's a directorial debut, I decided to turn a blind eye and surprisingly found a few details that kept me engaged, allowing me to finish the film without much trouble. The traditionally great Vilma Cibulková did not disappoint, and even Vlastina Svátková in the title role was decent. Furthermore, I was pleasantly surprised by Pavel Kříž, who, after portraying all those sleazy characters and psychopaths, seemed to return to the days long gone when he charmed women in his films. Additionally, his interactions with Martin Stránský, whose dialogue, delivered in his typical macho style, added some levity to the whole drama, were among the most light-hearted moments of the entire drama. (45%) (2021.01.11)