Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Holstra Boring, long, and too preachy.

Staci Frederick Blistering performances.

sinful-2 I saw this movie because I saw the praising reviews here on IMDB. What did I think then. The Actors did a fine job. Camera work was B&W but fine and nice enough.Story? Well it is hard for me really to say a lot about the story without giving to much away. But we start finding out some insurance man that apparently are stealing cars. We much later in the movie find his motivation for stealing the cars and how he choose the victims. For me this came much to late. I saw really no logic in what was going on and when I finally found out it was kind of too late for me to be very interested anymore as I at this time just found the protagonist to be annoying.Comedy: There are some funny moments I would say but for me this would never be classified as a comedy.Who is this movie for? For me I can only see this movie being for people that use them as a time machine and see how the city and other stuff lokked like and was at that time.If not that much into the historical aspect then you can watch the movie while eating or folding clothes. You can find many more interesting and funnier movies both from Russia and other places to watch instead. In same line of movies I would say Operatsiya 'Y' i drugie priklyucheniya Shurika (1965) is better.

Lee Eisenberg "Beregis avtomobilya" in Russian means "look out for the car". It seems that the title actually implies that cars become sort of a metaphor for our lives. The protagonist Detochkin (his surname implies "child" in Russian) is an insurance agent who steals cars from thieves and gives the money to charity. But then there's a surprise.What I mean about the title as a metaphor for our lives. Some people put all their money into their cars; they're complete losers, but at least they have cool cars. Moreover, it's often said that a person is his/her own worst enemy. In this sense, the danger to Detochkin posed by the average vehicle is nothing compared to what his own actions can do.Anyway, this is a pretty funny movie, a look at the Soviet Union in the mid-'60s. We even get to hear an American song in one scene! I suspect that they had fun making the movie. Worth seeing.

Alex Kvaskov Just a great movie portraying the genres most often used in movies at that time: love, light humour. Smoktynovsky is perhaps not the ideal choice for the role (Ryzanov originally wanted Nikylin for this role, but the latter was currently in the also great comedy - Diamond Arm), yet he is very good. There are many funny quotes in this film, better understood if you understand Russian, a ton of small funny moments which just make you grin. The cast gives an outstanding performance. Back to Smoktynovsky again, I'll describe the movie for you a bit. He is an honest insurance agent who steals and sells cars from unfairly rich people, and gives the money to foster homes. His best friend is a detective trying to find the thief. After he learns the shocking truth, he obviously does not want Detochkin (Smoktynocsky's hero) to be punished severely.

Niffiwan This is one of my favourite comedies, and it's a real shame that as I write this there is no version with English subtitles available. This is truly one of the funniest movies that I've ever seen, especially the hilarious narrated car chase sequence.This is quite a well-known movie in Russia so it seems strange that there is no English version yet. We can only hope that RusCiCo or KINO will eventually release something.The movie's humour is gentle, ironic, and just plain wacky at times, and the main character is easy to identify with, even if he is technically a criminal (though not a criminal at heart); there are no actual "bad people" in the movie, and there are some pretty funny situations when the protagonist reveals through his own honesty how the morals of other people can be much more crooked than his (for example, the guy who desperately needs a ride and isn't at all put off after being told that the guy he's asking for a ride is about to steal the car).Highly recommended (if you can understand Russian).