Three 30-somethings relive their gloriously lurid college days for one night only in Radu Muntean's Boogie, a restrained and honest look at the male midlife crisis in an embryonic state.

| Jan 20, 2009

Hampered by pacing that borders on glacial, the performances infuse the story with lingering melancholy.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 16, 2009

Naturalistic performances, long takes, unfussy edits and a story that unfolds over a few hours are all present and correct.

| Original Score: 3/6 | Jan 16, 2009

Small but sharp and extremely well observed.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 16, 2009

An impressive chamber piece by a director who needs watching.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 16, 2009

This is a tough, shrewd, intelligent movie.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 16, 2009

This is superior film-making, equally comfortable with the light (Boogie's obvious delight in his nipper and the realistic family dynamic) to the dark (his risibly macho deceipt with a jolly hooker).

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 16, 2009

It may not scale the heights of the best recent Romanian films (4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days, The Death Of Mr Lazarescu) but Boogie is still a bittersweet character study.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 16, 2009

The film remains dour, truthful, grimly droll.

| Jan 16, 2009

Superbly acted, sharply observed and impressively directed Romanian drama, though it drags a little in the early stages.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 16, 2009