Hostel that is open on the roof In recent years, the standard among domestic comedy series was considered “Kitchen”. Having sipped all the juices from it, STS decided to finish the series, thereby setting a difficult task - to come up with a new sitcom that would be able to win at least part of the audience's love, which had "Kitchen". This explains the series of comedy premieres on the channel: in April, “Eternal Vacation” and “Roof of the World” were released, in May, the premieres of “Pushkin” and “Runaway Relatives” will take place. I began my acquaintance with the new STS sitcoms with “Eternal Vacation”. But, having mastered only 5 episodes of this cheap show, he immediately deleted the series from his computer. When I started watching The Roof of the World, I was waiting for the same failure. It was so much better to be wrong!
The writers dedicated the plot of their brainchild to a new topic for domestic TV - the hotel business. During the 20 episodes of the 1st season, the hostel of the main characters has come a long way from red tape with the opening to the first customers and winning the prestigious award. It was all very interesting, but the plot is not the main advantage of the “Roof of the World”. Personally, I was conquered in the series by the main characters and the amazingly bright and kind atmosphere that was carried through all the series.
A little bit about the characters. Let’s be honest – Ilya Glinnikov will not become an outstanding actor. But with such roles, he copes with hurrah. His Misha is still the same Gleb Romanenko, who left medicine and hit the hotel business. Cunning, quirky, greedy for money, but at the same time did not lose kindness and remnants of decency - his scams served as a constant source of humor. The antipode of Misha is the hero of Alexei Bardukov. His Yarik is a timid and shy guy. The heroes of Glinnikov and Bardukov definitely needed each other, and fate brought them together for a reason. They complement each other and create a great duet on the screen.
The feature with the addition of the daughter (or son) of the oligarch, who is in a quarrel with his influential parent, has already become boring. Therefore, the heroine of Irina Starshenbaum frankly strained in the 1st half of the season. But when her father moved to the 2nd plan, the storyline of the heroine played with new colors and began to bring positive. By the way, Irina is a very charming girl, not deprived of talent. A little work on yourself and she will catch up with her older sister in popularity.
Finally, I left the most delicious – Alexander Roebak! His character is the best thing in "Roof of the World." More than half of the humor rests on the courageous shoulders of the senior ensign Volchansky, who will not get into his pocket for a word, and will not give it to offend his guys. Roebuck's game is at the highest level as always. I’m so glad that he finally got a big role in a worthy project.
Humor in the series is really a lot, and at the same time it is completely different - from greasy sharps to very refined and witty jokes. Some episodes were a little funnier, some a little worse, but any of the 20 episodes made me smile at least a few times. This is rarely the case with domestic sitcoms.
Since I mentioned “Kitchen” at the beginning of my review, I probably need to go back to it. Perhaps, before the first seasons of “Kitchen” “Roof of the world” did not reach. But it's definitely better than her failed ending. Well, against the background of “eternal vacation” “Roof” looks almost a masterpiece. I wanted to put 8 and, probably, it would be more fair, but the last series caused so much grief due to the fact that I have to say goodbye to the characters before the sequel, I decided to score another point in advance. Everything is just beginning, the potential of the series is huge, so
9 out of 10