Too many fans seem to be blown away

Disturbing yet enthralling

There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

This is a terrific movie - well-plotted and refreshingly dismissive of political correctness. Like the gravediggers in Hamlet, the young protagonist's progress towards becoming the super daughter-in-law gives a structure to this charming romantic comedy. This is a very traditional film in its message, and there is a certain poignancy to the closing scene in which the boy and girl, freed by love and secure in the stability of their newly-forged family, throw water at one another while washing the car. The 'super kelinchak' has found her place as a wife and mother yet is as feisty as the mother-in-law who taught her how to become the perfect daughter-in- law. Not a triumph for feminism, this is nevertheless an enjoyable film that harks back to traditional values in which the family is the smallest and most important social unit.