It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

The movie is surprisingly subdued in its pacing, its characterizations, and its go-for-broke sensibilities.

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

A Perfect Day stood out, having thrown it on with more adrenal expectations and getting a sweet and subtle mess of human connection. The theme intrigues with the atypical, war-torn Balkans backdrop and top notch cast, but expect less gunfire and more interpersonal drama and character development. If you've done any volunteering abroad, prepare to have that gritty, foreign, carefree spirit resurface. Characters constantly jive at and insult each other's quirks over their joint quest to extract a bloated corpse from a village well. Benicio Del Toro reminds of that guy that doesn't want to be there (but really does and just won't admit he doesn't have anywhere else to be) with mellow cynicism. His character develops through the ups and downs of helping a young boy recover a lost soccer ball (which ends in deadpan irony), as well as unexpected tragedy in finding the boy's dead parents and struggling to communicate it.Mélanie Thierry brings energy and a cute aloofness to the seemingly futile group effort, reminding of the pleasant but oft-impractical earnestness of a young volunteer in foreign muck. Tim Robbins injects a reckless humor, used on volunteer, confused soldier and testy shopkeeper. He lightens the mood of what should be serious aid work, helping others see the comedy of taking hit after hit from red tape and roadblock, and putting emphasis on the simple joy of friendship. Olga Kurylenko distracts with her wit and seductive charm, supplying the tension of hot romance at the wrong place and time. Together, the four balance an emotionally prickly but rewarding dynamic as they rattle past pothole and dead cow.The film highlights simplicity in hopelessness while the characters stumble forward, evoking the strong bond of friendship formed in life's trivial and unexpected moments. The crisp, mountainous cinematography shines over the lessor-shown Balkans geography and conflict, and provides ideal background turmoil for this very enjoyable, character driven escapade.

A group of aid workers work to resolve a crisis in an armed conflict zone. Although slow paced the film "A Perfect Day" succeeds on many levels thanks to a cast of talented people such as Benicio Del Toro, Tim Robbins, Olga Kurylenko and even some new faces such as Mélanie Thierry. The film is mostly about this aid workers that try to take a dead body out of a pit but they can't do that because the government thinks that there might be some explosives down there as the film continues we meet a young boy called Nikola played by Eldar Residovic who is also good we learn about his backstory about his parents and his grandpa but he also tries to help our characters to find a rope in order to get that body out of there. Although in the end that doesn't happen but it happens in a different way that i won't spoil it's by no means a perfect movie but it's for sure a really good one and a surprising well made one i give it a 7.5 out of 10.

Four things appealed to me about this film. There was relatively little profanity. I don't recall a single gunshot, and there was no car chase or gratuitous nudity; in fact there was no nudity at all. In an age where it is rare to find a movie with these qualities, I should give it a 7. But I won't. This director has talent and I hope he ups his game. I see that I need to come up with a few more lines of text for an acceptable post. One item I enjoyed was the playful criticism of the UN efforts, or lack thereof, to aid in war torn countries. I also enjoyed their dependence on locals to do their work. The characters showed a respect for the people they were trying to help.

This is an English language Spanish road-adventure that was adapted from a book. Takes place in the Yugoslavia during the end of its civil war. Other than that there's no detail about when and where it sets in or is it inspired by the real story. Shot in the beautiful mountain roads and villages. The camera work was so good, I loved the aerial photography that revealed the beauty of those mountainous regions, despite the war atmosphere.This is a surprise film, because I never heard it before and did not know what to expect from it, but in the end I'm very pleased with the overall product. That's what usually we want in a film than to follow a project from its announcement till it hit the screens, then sometimes we may end in a disappointment after the long wait. So I guess this is better.A simple theme, but the plot developed into a greater venture. It revolves around a bunch of aid workers who were deployed to help in the war torn villages. When they find a dead body dumped in a well which is the main source for the drinking water in the region, they try to remove it. But it is not that simple, after failed in their first attempt, they look for another rope to pull the corpse out. So the adventure begins to revolve around one mission. In the remaining tale, it reveals theirs unpleasant events of the day, that's why it's called 'A Perfect Day'.This is not a war movie, but with the backdrop of war the entire concept was developed. It is obviously a comedy-drama, and a very good film on this theme you would find at present. It does have a couple of intense scenes that push us to the edge of the seats. No nudes or the sex, no violence either, not even tortures or the deaths. Still, it is rated best suitable for adults only because of a few dialogues related to the sex. Other than that this film does not deserve uppercase r for the US market."Welcome to Konopac, the rope capital of the world."The international cast was awesome for such a story. Individually, I liked everyone's performances, no one was lesser than the others among the lead characters. The only drawback was the underdeveloped characters, but that does not affect us the tale to entertain. They are not a medic team or any other similar kind, but very unusual characters that you have ever seen in a film. There's no physical stretch like they have done some tough stunt sequences, but they all quite beautifully exhibited their roles as the UN aid workers.A single day tale, and the mix of both - realism and humours. Just depicted how a day of work would be in the places where it was devastated by war, especially representing the UNO and encountering problem for a simple matter. In addition to that, what happens when some old unresolved issues between two people reappear. All these were narrated very funnily, and sometime the fact of the war takes some of the scenes to the serious.Like I said I enjoyed it a lot, and I believe it is capable to pull out another film to follow. Yep, like I always say when I like a film, I won't say no for a sequel to this. Because what the film characters accomplished in the end of the narration has looked to me just a beginning of another adventure. It might mean the loop in the tale to end on a high note, yet give an opportunity for another possible venture. I have no idea about the book, but it sounds good to me and I'll pray for it to happen. It was not a masterpiece, but a cute little film, which is kind of unpredictable and that's the its strength. I hope you all would give it a try, because it is worth it.8/10