REVIEW
Kratt!
Dark, Lovable and Extremely Funny This is my second encounter with kratt, the titular creature of Rasmus Merivoo’s latest film, and boy, it’s damn good on its own terms.
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t is radically different from Rainer Sarnet’s dark mysticism in November (2017) for the obvious reason that the two films can’t be compared at all, with their only common denominator being a kratt (and how it’s brought to life), and pretty much everything else put in a dissimilar narrative context. With Kratt, we have a wicked
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ESTONIAN FILM
Kratt is a dark fantasy comedy, suitable for adults, but also kids over 12.
kids movie with f-words, ‘penis helicopters’ and teenage unpolished give-me-a-break attitude that evokes memories of some classics from the 1990s. Think of Richard Donner’s The Goonies, shave off the Hollywood splashy antics and its lavish production, and embrace the Estonian bonkers mythology coming to life in Merivoo’s dark fantasy comedy under the impecable craftmanship of the art department and special effects by Anton Markovskiy. The film is queer as a three dollar bill, and packed with the humor so dry that it could turn the sand of Gobi desert into crisp. Its audience will probably be a
Kratt By Marina Richter First published in Sirp
