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Movie Overview
Cast
• Mircea Andreescu
• Teo Corban
• Ion Sapdaru
Director
• Corneliu Porumboiu
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
12:08 East of Bucharest (2007)

REVIEWS
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OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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"Small-town values are rocked by the tide of history in Porumboiu's grimly funny and determinedly slight retrospective on the 1989 Romanian revolution."  Channel 4 Film  Anton Bitel

"The introductory half hour feels overly protracted, but the comedy works perfectly, mainly because of the excellent direction of the actors (who all have a faultless comic timing) and the witty script."  european-films.net  Boyd van Hoeij

3.5/5
"Maybe the revolution should have been televised."  Filmcritic.com  Chris Cabin

A-
"Porumboiu implies it doesn't matter who started the revolution as much as it matters what's happening right now and what's going to happen tomorrow. In Romania, it seems like not much."  Cinepinion  Henry Stewart

3/5
"Filmed in real time, the unraveling call-in program is a comedy of embarrassment (The Office, without the asides to the camera, but just as dry)."  Film-Forward.com  Kent Turner

A
"...this delightfully deadpan look at the need to believe in our own heroic tendencies is part gentle slapstick, part social satire and wholly humane."  Reeling Reviews  Laura Clifford

3/4
"Human, savvy, funny, well observed; kudos to director Porumboiu for making something from nothing"  Movie Habit  Marty Mapes

3.5/4
"A deadpan comedy that evolves into a wry, politicized examination of truth."  Slant Magazine  Nick Schager

4/5
"Extremely clever filmmaking--sharp and very funny, but also challenging and packed with relevance."  Shadows on the Wall  Rich Cline

A-
"...intelligent, funny and has a palpable joie de vie."  Reeling Reviews  Robin Clifford

3.5/4
"Corneliu Porumboiu's drolly witty black comedy 12:08 East of Bucharest is an understated gem, infused with gimlet-eyed humor, weary pathos and surprising tenderness."  Reel.com  Timothy Knight
OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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