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Plot Summary:
Former Nazi Klaus Abard survives to the 1990s by taking anti-ageing pills. He plans to use a time travel trip to return to Germany in 1944 and present Hitler with a hydrogen bomb, so that he can win the war. Unfortunately the pilot, woman-chasing Karel Bures, dies on the morning of the trip and his earnest twin brother Jan impersonates him, without knowing about the plot. The plot goes wrong when they lose the bomb and land near Hitler's bunker in 1941, at a time that the Nazis sense victory. Bures, with two of the plotters, escape capture by the Nazis and make it back to the time machine. Bures programs the machine to return one day before they left, because he figures he can then save his brother and foil the plot.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, surreal, humorous, tense, sentimental, feel good, captivating, melancholic, political thriller, absurd
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Visitors from the Galaxy (1981)
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Robert is a SF writer, who realizes that he can make his thoughts material. Because of that, a group of aliens arrives to Earth. Their leader is Andra, who shows affection for Robert, which does not please his girlfriend, Biba. A monster, Mumu, has arrived together with the visitors from space.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 486
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Croatia
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: horror comedy, dark fantasy, psychotronic, slapstick comedy, dark comedy, supernatural thriller, weird, alternative comedy, urban fantasy, campy
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The Borrowed Face (1965)
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It is the 1930s. Physician Bartos devotedly attends poor patients in the city suburbs, at the same time researching the possibilities of regeneration of human tissues after transplantation. His former colleague Rosen, now working as an assistant at the private clinic of surgeon Kirchenbruch, considers the research a mere utopia. The disappointed Bartos, trying to verify his theories, therefore accepts the outrageous proposal of Marion, owner of a brothel - to surgically replace the face of her lover, the wanted thief Cutter, with the face of murdered Father Hopsasa. Bartos is well paid but his successful operation remains a secret.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychotronic, dark comedy, poliziottesco, campy
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Miss Golem (1972)
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It is the 1920's. The good-looking hostess Věra demonstrates household robots to visitors of the Futurum exhibition. Young inventor Petr comes to her rescue when she tries to flee from two men wanting to take her away. Věra confesses that she has fled from home because her father, a factory owner, wanted to profitably marry her off. Petr is fascinated by the emancipated woman and shows her round his laboratory, where he plans to create a robot of his own - but one that would be far more advanced. Věra cuts herself on a broken test-tube and a drop of her blood gets in the solution. In the morning, they are taken aback to see Věra's double. This lucky chance has helped Petr create an artificial being, Miss Golem. She has a single motive for her actions: to take care of Věra and allow her to do only what is good for her.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: intellectual, crying, psychotronic, black comedy, dark comedy, neo screwball comedy, campy
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Do We Match Each Other, Darling? (1975)
Plot Summary:
Czech comedy from the 70ties.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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The End of Agent W4C (1967)
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The invincible agent Cyril Juan Borguette alias W4C has been assigned a mission to go to a hotel in Prague, get hold of a saltcellar with a plan for the military exploitation of Venus hidden in it, and hand it over to the beautiful agent Alice. He will have to compete for the saltcellar with other agents working for the world's various greater and smaller powers. The head of the Prague counter-intelligence unit gets news of agent W4C's mission. Deficient in personnel, he nominates accountant Foustka as agent 13B. Mr Foustka takes his dog Pajda with him and the two head for the airport. Pajda helps him track down agent W4C in a classy hotel that becomes the battleground for the interests and plans of the secret agents from different countries, each trying to get hold of the precious saltcellar.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 355
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: parody, fast paced, absurd, psychotronic, spoof, slapstick comedy, freeze frame, dark comedy, eurospy, campy
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Straw Hat (1972)
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Slacker Maurice Fadinar wasted his whole inheritance and the only way out of this situation, as it seems, to marry Helen Nonankur - daughter of a wealthy farmer. At the last meeting with his mistress in a nearby forest Fadinar's horse eats straw hat which belongs to a married lady, spending time in the company of young and hot Lieutenant Emil. Emil literally puts a knife to Maurice throat - or the lady will get back the exact same hat immediately, or he will arrange such a scandal that no wedding will not happen.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy
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Hubert the Smart Boy (1985)
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Titulní hrdina komediálního filmu je typický žižkovský frajer. S chytrostí a šarmem si vyřizuje otevřené účty s policejním inspektorem Mourkem, který ho chce stůj co stůj dostat do kriminálu. Jenže Fešák Hubert unikne z každé nastražené pasti a nakonec připraví na zavilého policistu a jeho podřízené elegantní podraz. Z hledaných zločinců, které Mourek díky Hubertovi se slávou dopadne, se vyklubou nevinní lidé. Děj se odehrává na počátku třicátých let, v době hospodářské krize. Snímek vychází z tradičního pojetí žánru a pohybuje se v rovině určité nadsázky.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 111
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: crying, detective, poliziottesco
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Four Murders Are Enough, Darling (1971)
Plot Summary:
Two criminal gangs are ruthlessly fighting for a 1-million dollar check that, purely by chance, got into the flat of shy high school teacher George Camel. As the number of victims sharply increases, Camel is mistakenly regarded as a mass murderer and cunningly uses his horrifying reputation to get the respect and heart of his beloved Sabrina, a journalist from a local newspaper. But this game turns out to be risky and in the end, both gangs don't hesitate to seize the check at all costs, including an improvised operation.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 775
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, parody, psychedelic, psychotronic, detective, spoof, slapstick comedy, freeze frame, poliziottesco, metafiction
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Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966)
Plot Summary:
In this zany Czechoslovakian comedy, a scientist invents a machine that projects a sleeping person's dream on a screen; disaster soon follows when the machine malfunctions and the cartoon-like dream characters become very real!.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: absurd, cult classic, slapstick, psychotronic, slapstick comedy, metafiction, alternative comedy, campy, comic, cult film
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I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1970)
Plot Summary:
This futuristic science fiction comedy features an atomic bomb blast that causes women to grow beards and lose the ability to have children. A summit meeting is held at the United Nations, with the proposed solution of building a time machine. The decision is made to travel back in time and murder Einstein, with the hopeful result being that without the noted mathematician's research there will be no atomic bombs.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 564
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: black comedy, apocalyptic, parody, psychotronic, spoof, slapstick comedy, dark comedy, costume drama, alternative comedy, period drama
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Remote Control (1988)
Plot Summary:
A video store clerk stumbles onto an alien plot to take over earth by brainwashing people with a bad '50s science fiction movie. He and his friends race to stop the aliens before the tapes can be distributed world-wide.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, mysterious, cult classic, surprise ending, ambiguous ending, crying, independent film, detective, spoof, parody
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You Are a Widow, Sir (1971)
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After a soldier cuts off the arm of king's cousin, king decides to deactivate the army. Of course, generals don't like it at all and they try to kill the king. The assassin should be artificial body in the shape of actress Evelina Keleti and with brain of psychotic serial killer Fany Stubová. They also manage to kill king's astrologer Stuart Hampl, who warns the king. Accidentally, Hampl's brain is implanted into assassin's body, actress Keleti is killed and chaos begins.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 837
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, psychotronic, surreal, absurd, spoof, black comedy, experimental, slapstick comedy, slapstick, double entendre
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Spindl (2017)
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When on the mountains, so to Špindl. In the snowy Špindlerův Mlýn the sisters Eliška, Katka and Magda go to the women's ride in the full-length winter comedy Špindl. They plan to enjoy relaxation, fun and perhaps a bit of love adventure. Eliška is fine, but Katka and Magda were already thirty and are still single. Does the right one appear in winter snow? It is certain that they will meet other participants and entertaining figures, and during the weekly stay, all of them will get an avalanche of love and livelihoods.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Czech Republic
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic
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Dinner for Adele (1978)
Plot Summary:
When the famous detective Nick Carter visits Prague, he becomes involved in strange case of a missing dog and even stranger carnivorous plant. He becomes convinced that he is standing against his greatest enemy - the Gardener, who supposedly died years ago in a swamp.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: parody, surreal, detective, ambiguous ending, crying, psychotronic, spoof, black comedy, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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A Nice Plate of Spinach (1977)
Plot Summary:
The heroes of this absurd comedy, full of confusion and humor are Dzharda Zemanek and Frantisek Liska.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 762
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: surreal, psychotronic, buddy comedy, slapstick comedy, dark comedy, alternative comedy, campy, cult film
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How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer (1975)
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There are still water spirits among us. One group lives in Prague, led by Mr. Wassermann, who is using his wife's family as a servants. All they need is their old house near the river. But the house is to be demolished. They have to stop it. And the only way is to drown Dr. Mrácek, who is responsible for the demolition. But he falls in love with Wassermann's niece Jana. He changes to fish, is mistaken for water spirit from Germany, is drowned and revived again. The other problem is the flour with ears... and so on.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: absurd, folk tale, psychotronic, slapstick comedy, slapstick, alternative comedy, urban fantasy
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Happy End (1967)
Plot Summary:
A dark comedy about a murder and its consequences presented in a backwards manner, where death is actually a rebirth. The film starts with an "execution" of the main protagonist and goes back to explore his previous actions and motivations.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: experimental, black comedy, absurd, dark fantasy, avant garde, psychotronic, slapstick comedy, dark comedy, metafiction, alternative comedy
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The Marathon (1968)
Plot Summary:
It is 5 May 1945 and the uprising against the hated German occupiers has broken out in Prague. The Czech guards open the gate of the Pankrác prison to allow the prisoners to escape en masse. Many of them are shot dead by the German guards but young Ruda (Jaromír Hanzlík) manages to run away. He is taken care of by one of the Prague fighters, concierge Kytka. Kytka hides him in the flat of the house's owner where only the young maid Karla (Jana Brejchová) is left, ordering her to take care of Ruda.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: tragicomedy, crying, freeze frame
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Stuck with a Perfect Woman (2016)
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Eliska's husband has left her for a younger woman. She is childless, in her early forties, yet still attractive. Till then she had taken care of her successful husband, but now she has to start anew without his financial support. Eliska starts teaching at a local village school. Since she can't find a lodging, she moves to a former morgue. The small house is already occupied by a quirky and grumpy graveyard keeper named Bozicek. Their house sharing leads to a series of comical conflicts, but they eventually fall in love and Eliska proves to her ex-husband that she is able to stand on her own.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 428
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: romantic, humorous, captivating, entertaining, crying
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The Good and the Bad (1976)
Plot Summary:
From 1935 to 1945, the happiness of a couple turns to sadness when their Traction Avant auto is used by the gang des Tractions Avant.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 358
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, War
Country: France
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic
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Alibi.com (2016)
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Greg founded a company called Alibi.com that creates any type of alibi. With his associate, Augustin, and Medhi his new employee, they devise unstoppable stratagems and stagings to cover their clients. But meeting Flo, a pretty blonde who hates men who lie, will complicate Greg's life, which begins by hiding the true nature of his activity. During the presentation to parents, Greg understands that Gérard, the father of Flo, is also one of their clients.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, entertaining, cynical, romantic, relaxing, crying, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995)
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In New York in 1995 Dr. Richard Jacks is a creator of perfumes. Thus he spends his days inventing new colorful and well smelling potions and certainly caring for his girlfriend Sarah Carver. But when he discovers that his greatgrandfather, called Dr. Jekyll, was a scientist with revoluntionary discoveries, he tries to follow the footsteps of his ancestor and creates more and more delicate potions until one of them converts him into a spectacular superwoman: Helen Hyde. Knowing that Richard has no clue of her existence Helen enforces a professional career at the back of her "creator".
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, sexy, semi serious, independent film, offbeat, spoof, freeze frame, parody, funny
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Waiter, Scarper! (1981)
Plot Summary:
It is the story of a man who had financial troubles. He was married several times and had to pay for several kids. He wanted to earn some extra money by playing in a cafe. But one drunken guest supposes he is a waiter and pays his bill to him. So the main hero finds his chance - he goes through restaurants, pretending that he is a waiter and asks people to hand their cash to him.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: cult classic, cult film
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My sister's wedding (2018)
Plot Summary:
Marie is a typical urban single. Although she works as a successful television presenter, she has the gift of attracting only idiots in relationships. On the contrary, her sister Karolína has already found the right one and is planning a wedding. That is why Maruska comes to visit her home village after a long time with her family. At home, he meets his old love, Jirka. In a few moments, it is clear that their feelings are not in the past and will end up in bed together. But the whole thing has one big catch. he is her sister's fiance.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Czech Republic
Duration:
Plot tags: neurotic, funny, light, romantic, feel good, humorous, captivating, suspense, entertaining, witty
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Meet the Applegates (1990)
Plot Summary:
Giant preying mantis living in a south American jungle decide to move into suburban USA. Disguised as humans, the mantis are planning something.. Could it be connected to dad's job in the power station perhaps ?. One day the daughter mantis forgets WHAT she really is when she's with her boyfriend.. oops. Written by s jones.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: cult classic, black comedy, humorous, independent film, dark comedy, dark, queer horror, surprise ending, offbeat, semi serious
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Mutant Action (1993)
Plot Summary:
In a future world ruled by good-looking people, a terrorist group of mutants led by Ramon Yarritu kidnap the daughter of Orujo, a rich businessman, to claim for the rights of the ugly people. Escaping from the police in their spaceship, Ramon try to kill his gang in order to get all the ransom. The trip ends abruptly when they crash in Axturiax, the planet of the crazy miners where no woman lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, not serious, humorous, dark comedy, captivating, black comedy, disturbing, controversial, manga, hispanic
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Closely Watched Trains (1966)
Plot Summary:
In a small town still occupied by the Germans as World War II's tide is turning toward the Allies, apprentice train-watcher Milos is oblivious to the war. Instead, he is obsessed with having his first sexual experience. Despite the favors of train conductor Masa, Milos has no luck. His quest leads him to a female Resistance fighter who, in passing, recruits him to the cause. As Milos finally finds love, danger draws closer.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, talky, touching, sincere, realistic, erotic, absurd, dark comedy, thought provoking, avant garde
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Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
Plot Summary:
"Listen: Billie Pilgrim has come unstuck in time." Slaughterhouse-Five is an award-winning 1972 film adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's novel of the same name. Director Hill faithfully renders for the screen Vonnegut's obsessive story of Pilgrim, who survives the 1945 firebombing of Dresden, then lives simultaneously in his past, present, and future.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: surreal, atmospheric, philosophical, non-linear, talky, tense, serious, emotional, depressing, cerebral
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Jacob the Liar (1974)
Plot Summary:
A Jewish ghetto in the east of Europe, 1944. By coincidence, Jakob Heym eavesdrops on a German radio broadcast announcing the Soviet Army is making slow by steady progress towards central Europe. In order to keep his companion in misfortune, Mischa, from risking his life for a few potatoes, he tells him what he heard and announces that he is in possession of a radio - in the ghetto a crime punishable by death. It doesn't take long for word of Jakob's secret to spread - suddenly, there is new hope and something to live for - and so Jakob finds himself in the uncomforting position of having to come up with more and more stories.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, War
Country: East Germany, Czechoslovakia
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: emotional, realistic, tense, uplifting, serious, tragicomedy, gloomy, semi serious, fairy tale, crying
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Just Married (2003)
Plot Summary:
Tom Leezak and Sarah McNerney fall in love and plan to get married, despite opposition from Sarah's uptight, rich family. When they do get married, and get a chance to prove Sarah's family wrong, they go on a European honeymoon and run into disaster after disaster. They have to decide whether the honeymoon from hell and a few pre-marital mistakes are worth throwing away their love and marriage.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 74000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, romantic, sexy, romantic comedy, hilarious, semi serious, light, entertaining