Robin Williams,
Maria Conchita Alonso,
Cleavant Derricks,
Alejandro Rey,
Savely Kramarov
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Robin Williams stars as Vladimir Ivanoff, a Russian sax player working in a circus whose home life with his warm and colorful family does not compensate for his feelings of repression and lost opportu... read more
DVD Release Date: November 27, 2001
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September 2, 2011A Russian saxophone player defects and falls in love.
In this film the Declaration of Independence is quoted two separate times, the oath of citizenship is fully recited, and there are more American flags than at a political rally. Released in 1984, this film seems more like Col... read more -
September 30, 2009I really enjoyed this! Why is it that it?s not very well known? One line in this had me wetting myself, I highly recommend it!
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January 6, 2007Annoying and unfunny Williams vehicle that fails to either make any coherent political point or entertain in any way.
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November 21, 2006Robin Williams is excellent in this gently amusing tale of a Russian circus saxophonist who decides to defect to the West.
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March 1, 2011A charming performance by Williams as a Russian who defects to America while on tour with the Russian Circus and how he tries to fit into his new country and he finds love with the beautiful Maria Alonso. Williams proved he had acting chops and the film for its time showed how pe... read more
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June 5, 2009Original seriocomedy balancing the haphazard, random, chaotic feel of everyday life with one man's determination to gain US citizenship. Maria Conchita Alonso is superb, though most impressive is Robin Williams.
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January 8, 2010Very effective comedy drama, wonderfully acted by Robin Williams, Maria Conchita Alonso gives a poignant, real and charming performance. The story is great, the character development is outstanding. Excellent.
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April 12, 2009Always interesting to get a glimpse of other cultures but this movie was too much like watching a day-in-the-life.
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January 7, 2008A film that is both poignantly dramatic and humourous in typical Robin Williams fashion. Although the political situation in the film is dated for today's audiences, it nonetheless delivers a message of hope for anyone carrying a torch for the American Dream.
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June 29, 2007Did you hear the one about Yakov Smirnov's wife? What a cunt. (I stole that one--I think from either B.J. Novak or Greg Fitzsimmons)
Critic Reviews
October 18, 2008
Variety Staff, Variety
October 23, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
It made me feel good to be an American, and good that Vladimir Ivanoff was going to be one, too. Full Review
May 20, 2003
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Mr. Mazursky's fictional conceits do not do justice to Vladimir or to his situation, either in the Soviet Union or this country. Full Review
June 24, 2006
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Where it scores so highly is not only in its ability to evoke Vladimir's astonishment at the bizarre, sometimes brutal texture of New York life, but also in the generosity it extends to the musician's... Full Review
July 23, 2003
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
Gives patriotism a good name with its plentiful emotional and comic fireworks Full Review
May 24, 2003
Film4
Essentially a vehicle for Williams to show off his manic shtick (and display the considerable acting skills that would later propel him into Oscar territory)... Full Review
May 6, 2003
James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette
Williams impresses, the script does not
July 28, 2002
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
The first good look we got at Williams trying to broaden his horizons. Well done.
October 26, 2005
Robert Roten, Laramie Movie Scope
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