Valery Popenchenko From a technical point of view, this documentary looks like a museum of TV clichés. Trivial eyeliners, monosyllabic progressive manner of presentation, lack of chronicle ... There would be more grace and, in conjunction with the inspired story about the great boxer, the picture could claim a bright festival fate.
Much changed the release of the feature film “Mr. Knockout” with Sergei Bezrukov. The similarity of the names and the general theme brought these tapes together. Well, when it turned out that there are too few facts and a lot of exaggerations in the feature film, this documentary became an absolute addition to watching the film by Artem Mikhalkov.
But a close look at the picture gives us too many facts. It was like visiting a museum exhibition. Academism is also forgivable here. What is the last performance on the TV screen of Popenchenko himself, talking about the friendship of peoples and advertising the Olympics in Moscow? Young, bright and in the prime of life.
The filmmakers will tell us about the secret dissertation and work in the Kremlin. They will tell us about the tourist trip to the Olympics coach Popenchenko - Kusikyanets. Significantly complement the image of the genius and the fact that he publicly communicated in excellent English and at a decent level played chess.
6 out of 10