Is it worth your time? If you have a weird fascination with the history of Soviet bureaucracy, you will probably find Gosudarstvennyy chinovnik oddly charming. Everyone else? You’ll likely be checking your watch within the first twenty minutes. This isn't exactly high-octane drama, and it certainly doesn't try to be. ...
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"Is it worth your time? If you have a weird fascination with the history of Soviet bureaucracy, you will probably find Gosudarstvennyy chinovnik oddly charming. Everyone else? You’ll likely be checking your watch within the first twenty minutes. This isn't exactly high-octane drama, and it certainly doesn't try to be. It feels like a relic from a time when movies were expected to be a little more… instruction-manual-like. There are moments where the dialogue just drags on, focusing on the most m..."
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