Moscow manager Mikhail Nikolaev (Maxim Galkin) dejectedly listens to poems of his boss at a party on the occasion of an office worker and dreams of great deeds. Fate gives him a chance: through a strange portal in the closet he finds himself in Britain, ruled by King Arthur (Alexander Baluev) and roam the Knights of the Round Table. Through the same portal in our time passes Duke Michael Cunningham (Maxim Galkin), nicknamed Bloody who looks like Misha to confusion.
In a dense medieval Misha challenging manners There simply is.
And now he was married to the Infanta of Burgundy (Svetlana Kosolapov) nearly poisoned by unknown enemies, narrowly escaped burning on charges of witchcraft, and fell in love with the ducal sister Diana (Polina Filonenko) . And at the same time I made a couple of cool self on the background of the castle and the peasants bent into a bow and pulled the sword from the stone. Michael situation is not much better: Moscow of the XXI century for him is unusual, the servants disappeared somewhere and only a colleague Cyrus (Maria Siomkin), which he calls the employee, helped him adjust to life in the city and not get on each occasion the sword.
On the eve of December 31 TV channel “Russia” shows serial film “Kings Can Do Everything” – New Year’s show in the style of “old songs about the main” on the basis of material comedy “Ivan Vasilyevich Changes Occupation».
In general, if you start to understand the sources and components of the series, it is possible to assemble an impressive list. Here there are hints of the “Prince and the Pauper”, French “Alien” with Jean Reno, turned into quite a successful franchise (the new film will be released in the spring of 2016). And of course, the novel “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court».
But “Ivan” here the most – “Kings Can Do Everything” carefully follow the heritage of Bulgakov and Hyde.
Heroes series with the inescapable easily get used to an alien world, and no surprise, as the changing hairstyles and behavior in a stiff-necked Duke and dumb before Misha. But if you calmly accept the transformation of the bloody duke in cute smiling curly-haired idiot inhabitants of Arthur’s kingdom forced writers (notably Alain Zvantsova, known for the series “The Thaw” and the recent directorial debut, “Norway”), in our time piano in the bushes just less.
Perhaps because the antics of Michael’s near and dear to the office, “barman”, each of which would have been happy to humiliate your boss.
In past, which turned out to be Michael, piano much more on them and tied up most of the gags. Hero can easily be found in the medieval kitchen soda and a quick grasp of dry ice, but if the Duke involuntarily suddenly want to drink tea, then nearby is sure to be a Chinese caravan, which is rare for that time a drink is sure to be – there is only chopped down protection.
Of course, the building manager Bunsha also was not a genius, and survived only through the efforts of a clever con artist Mstislav – analogue which, by the way, the show has – and has registered in the play of children’s credulity inhabitants of Muscovy.
But “Ivan Vasilyevich” catch phrases and jokes scattered at times more uniformly, and Maxim Galkin still does not have acting talent Yuri Yakovlev.
It is best known as a parodist ( and even tries to be the best in show “hair’s breadth”), and his filmography is actually limited to a twelve-year-old musical “Chasing Two Hares”. And reliability play two completely different in character people it is very difficult.
Surprisingly, most Galkin succeeded Michael – perhaps because the character was originally a strong and able to defend his point of view, which is not very comfortable in the future but he knows how to be silent, to observe, to learn and teach from time to time by means of which to the XXI century, were in the distant past. Wimp Misha, unfortunately, is too unpleasant, in spite of all his attempts to be just sweet and awkward.
But in the end, “Kings Can Do Everything” – pretty good sitcom, which is well suited as a New Year entertainment and how another opportunity to see Maxim Galkin. Another sense it can be said, not at all, but then the “Ivan” was also just a comedy, look where the deeper meanings (despite the genius of Bulgakov and skill Gaidai) maybe not worth it.
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