Martin Sazzaroli I Read the comments and thought I was going to see a great movie like one in a thousand but that's not what happened. The movie doesn't have nothing special and when I was watching I always have the feeling like missing jokes because the language and culture. Also this movie have a bitter sense of humor, that kind of humor where people consider funny other people misfortune, I don't feel comfortable with that humor but that's personal. The acting is OK but not spectacular, and the story is flat and lack of arguments. Maybe it have a deeper context but again did not get it because I'm not familiarized with romanian culture In short words, this movie is great for romanians but quite standard for the rest.

aletannu I can't say that "Filantropica" is the best romanian film ever made. It may be the best of it's kind, but there are many romanian movies of different genres I saw and I recommend you to watch. To return to this movie... I have to say is very well done entirely, with an excellent script and a very good acting. On the other hand I have to contradict other users that wrote here about it's genre. It isn't a comedy at all. It's a DRAMA. A drama of the common romanian people in Romania's transition period after the revolution in '89. I admit it's a drama with comic accents, but not a comedy under any circumstances. So you should modify this movie's genre in DRAMA/comedy. Anyway it's a sinuous movie with expected and unexpected events reflectind almost in entirely the reality of those years.I really recommend it 100% !

John Smith I call upon the Romanian people to vote this movie so that we will have a Romanian movie in the top 250 greatest movies hits ! SO : vote Romanians vote ! Filantropica was the most beautiful and most exciting movie i have ever seen , and i am trying to be as objective as possible ! Us , the people of this beloved country Romania, have been trying to survive in this god-forgotten country for quite a while now ;) and i believe that we must not be the taken this right ... all we need is to join our forces and vote as much as we can !P.S. : i also believe that Sergiu Nicolaescu is one of the best film directors in the world maybe even more talented then Mr. Spielberg !Much Love , A proud Romanian!

ben-727 I don't think this is a special good movie as it had stated in other comments. I wonder why the Romanian film critics call it the best in the Romanian film history. It is indeed better than a lot of American B-films, but you certainly find a lot of such type of stuff in French and Italian movies. Therefore saying this one as the best film in the Romanian film history it might be not really fair to those other Romanian films of good qualities. The acting of the main male leading role in this film is not special good. The support actors are also only so and so up to basic standard. The worse thing is that the whole movie is full of flaws. You call it black comedy? Where is the laughing part then anyway? Well, the story itself is a big joke, perhaps one should laugh for that. And where is the "black" part? I find the Russian film "The bride" can even in a simple and natural way to reflect the situation of the poor living lives.Technically the film is not badly made, it s just that the whole story of the movie is not special good in a way. If it comes and shows on TV, it is not bad to watch it and experience the Romanian way and standard of making films. Perhaps you will feel another way than mine.