The Best Movie is a 2008 Russian comedy film from TNT

TNT (Russia)

TNT is a Russian brand name of TNT-Broadcasting Network, one of Russia’s top five television networks. It reaches over 100 million people throughout Russia offering a light entertainment aimed at a younger audience from age 16 through age 30.Thanks to its blend of innovative reality programmes and...

 and Comedy Club Russia

Comedy Club Russia

Comedy Club is a Russian stand-up comedy TV show broadcasted by the Russian TNT channel since April 23, 2005.Long-time residents of the club are Garik Martirosyan, Timur Batrutdinov, Pavel Volya, Alexandr Revva, Alexander Nezlobin and others...

, spoofing such famous Russian films as Night Watch

Night Watch (2004 film)

Night Watch is a 2004 Russian supernatural thriller film directed by Timur Bekmambetov. It is loosely based on the novel The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko, and is the first part of a trilogy, followed by Day Watch and ending supposedly with Twilight Watch .-Plot:In the prologue, which...

and Day Watch

Day Watch

Day Watch , is a 2006 Russian dark fantasy action film marketed as "the first film of the year", opened in theatres across Russia on January 1, 2006, the U.S. on June 1, 2007 and the UK on October 5, 2007. It is a sequel to the 2004 film Night Watch, featuring the same cast...

, The 9th Company, Heat and TV series: My Fair Nanny, Dalnoboyshchiki and Brigada

Brigada

Brigada , also known as Law of the Lawless, is a Russian 15-episode crime miniseries that debuted in 2002. It became very popular, but received mixed reviews due to accusations in aestheticization of violence. The miniseries follows the story of four best friends from 1989 to 2000, mainly...

. The movie includes numerous cameos by Russian celebrities, some of them involving a humorous touch on their public image. For instance, socialite Kseniya Sobchak

Kseniya Sobchak

Kseniya Anatolyevna Sobchak , born November 5, 1981 in Leningrad, Soviet Union , is the second daughter of the first democratically-elected mayor of Saint Petersburg Anatoly Sobchak...

 appears as a luxury prostitute, and gay icon Boris Moiseev

Boris Moiseev

Boris Mikhaylovich Moiseev is a Russian singer, choreographer, dancer, writer, actor, head of dance group and author of popular shows in Russia.-Biography:...

 plays a rough-and-tumble policeman, his only line being: "You gonna sign it all, you faggot!"

Plot

Vadik Volnov (Garik Kharlamov) dies on his own wedding of cannabis overdose and has to prove to God that he is worthy to enter Heaven. During his conversation with God's secretary, Vadik recalls numerous memorable moments of his earthly existence, such as getting drunk on cognac on his 8th birthday, service in the Soviet Army in Afghanistan, bandit showdowns in crime-ridden 1990s Russia, and, finally, meeting the love of his life.

Cast

• Garic Kharlamov — Vadik
• Mikhail Galustyan — Polkilo
• Еlena Velicanova — Nastya
• Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
  Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
  Armen Dzigarkhanyan is one of the most popular Soviet, Russian and Armenian actors.He starred in dozens of Soviet films and provided the voice for many cartoon characters. He founded his own theater in Moscow.Dzigarkhanyan worked as assistant cameraman at Armenfilm studios in 1953–1954...
  
   — God's secretary
• Pavel Volya
  Pavel Volya
  Pavel Volya is a Russian TV host, actor and singer. A former KVN player, he first came to prominence as the "resident" of the Russian Comedy Club show, co-produced by Garik Martirosyan and aired on TNT channel. In 2007, Volya released his first studio album. As of 2008, hosts a TV Show on...
  
   — Тima Milan (parody to Dima Bilan)
• Valery Barinov — Nastya's father
• Iocif Buyanovsky — Lyalya
• Dmitry Nagiev — Drill Sergeant
• Dmitry Sychyov — Himself
• Boris Moiseev
  Boris Moiseev
  Boris Mikhaylovich Moiseev is a Russian singer, choreographer, dancer, writer, actor, head of dance group and author of popular shows in Russia.-Biography:...
  
  — Mаjor

Box office

Supported by an omnipresent marketing campaign the film grossed a record 403 Mio. roubles on its first week-end in Russia (roughly 13 mln US $). But critics were vastly negative and by the second week-end the attendance had fallen by 72 %.