Word: hampsters
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...guess late 70s-early 80s, which was a terrible time to be a Russian immigrant,” he said. “Being a kid, there were all those movies out—‘Red Dawn,’ ‘Red Hampster,’ ‘Red German.’ Kids hated all things Russian. At my Hebrew School in Queens, I pretty ironically introduced myself as being from Berlin.” Like Shteyngart, Misha wishes for detachment from Russia, so when his visa to return to America is denied because...
...final hour--to the abysmal--particularly in his first few scenes with the prosecutors. At times Ciello's self-acknowledged betrayal of his friends seems to be wearing him down to a single, raw and exposed nerve. Yet other times, Williams' posturing makes Ciello look ludicrous, like some hyperthyroid hampster racing his exercise wheel to no apparent result. A brilliant performance in the role of Danny might have clarified some of the mysteries about his motivations; a disastrous portrayal would make the film unwatchable. Williams strolls that spacious middle ground between epiphany and catastrophe...
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