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(1 - 3) of 3 Page   1   "This magical realist memoir of the small men (and women) in history is a sprawling carnivalesque treat - as tall and refreshing as a tankard of Czech beer and with the same bitter aftertaste."   Channel 4 Film   Anton Bitel "Menzel’s crowdpleaser flies lightly through heavy topics such as Nazism, Sudeten Germans and Communism, with more than a wink to silent comedy."   european-films.net   Boyd van Hoeij 8/10 "A funny and charming take on the basic Horatio Alger model, deepened by the filmmakers' invocations of the history of cinema and the national character of Czechoslovakia."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton  (1 - 3) of 3 Page   1