Moscow On The Hudson

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Summary: Waste of money...
Review: The part in Moscow is plain stupid and too far from the reality. And using Russian with subtitles does not help, just hurts. Especially for somebody who knows Russian, because they speak Russian with terrible accents (which is not usual there). It's like judging on how to care for a cat by Garfield comics, just take out the humor.
New York part is hectic, but for a convinced Mid-North-westener there is nothing new in this statement, so it's probably realistic enough. Unfortunately, it's just not very interesting either.

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Summary: What terrible accents?
Review: The reviewer who mentioned the terrible accents I think didn't even realize that a lot of the people in this film are actually Russian...as Robin Williams would have said in Moscow on the Hudson...get a clue MEESTOR! This is a great film and very funny. At times it overdoes it on the flag waving, but it's still a charming film!

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Summary: Perfect for Russians!
Review: This film cathces so many elements of the Russian emigre experience, even the unspoken ones that they keep hidden. I've never seen a Russian watch this without breaking into tears and laughter. Although the ending is a lillte contrived, it's a good time for all who watch it.

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Summary: the dawning of glasnost
Review: This is not a great movie but definitely a sleeper. Robin Williams does a fine job as a jazz musician from Russia who deeply desires the freedom--and gets his chance--to play in America. The scene where he and his bandmates are being briefed by the KGB before traveling to New York is priceless, especially where the head agent pronounces Greenwich Village as "green-Vich Ill-yage". But the most priceless scene is where Robin Williams does defect in that greatest symbol of all American democracy and capitalism, Bloomingdales. From there, the movie teeter-totters between a comedy of cultures and some soppy sentimentality. Still, this is a movie well worth seeing, expecially for those of us who remember the dawning of glasnost

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Summary: Good entertainment
Review: This is Robin Williams at his best. He displays a variety of talents. There is good comedy as well as a historical perspective.

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Summary: Robin Williams is brilliant.
Review: Williams plays an interesting character and his performance is awesome. I love this movie. It's worth watching.