Video Review

The Firemen's Ball (2012)

Reviewed by Laura Morgan | Jul 28, 2000
EW's GRADE
B+

Details Movie Rated: Unrated; Genre: Foreign Language; With: Josef Svet and Vaclav Stockel; Distributor: Home Vision Cinema

When a local Czech firemen's association throws a party, it's decorum that goes up in flames. Beauty queens are literally dragged to the stage, charity raffle prizes are pilfered, and bawdy couples get it on in the lovably ludicrous comedy The Firemen's Ball — which was nominated for a foreign-language film Oscar — from director Milos Forman (Man on the Moon). The broadly played film is clearly a satire, but, at the time of its release, 40,000 Czech firefighters resigned in protest. B+

Originally posted Jul 28, 2000 Published in issue #551-552 Jul 28, 2000 Order article reprints

Add your comment

The rules: Keep it clean, and stay on the subject or we might delete your comment. If you see inappropriate language, e-mail us. An asterisk * indicates a required field.

500 characters remaining
Advertisement

Today's Most Popular

  1. The Music Mix Blue Ivy Carter makes her photo debut. Commence your freak-out now.
  2. The Music Mix Whitney Houston, superstar of records, films, dies
  3. Inside Movies 'Star Wars': Deleted scene from 'Revenge of the Sith' reveals the fate of Jar Jar Binks -- EXCLUSIVE
  4. Inside Movies Box office update: 'The Vow' leads supercharged Friday with $15.4 mil
  5. PopWatch This Week's Cover: 'The Vampire Diaries'stars talk about the red-hot Damon-Elena-Stefan triangle