When I Grow Up, I'll Be a Kangaroo
Three loosely connected lives in a Belgrade neighborhood turn romance, football betting, and spectacular idleness into a sharply affectionate portrait of ordinary absurdity.
Overview
Three intertwining stories capture the quirky essence of life in Vozdovac, where the mundane meets the absurd.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- witty
- deadpan
- affectionate
- lazy weekend
- group movie night
What critics said
Critics and audiences broadly regard the film as a highly quotable, inventive, and affectionate Serbian ensemble comedy with strong local character.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Braca and Iris's romance, the football betting story, and the rooftop pair's idle day unfold as parallel strands in Voždovac.
Avaks and Hybrid explicitly embrace a philosophy of staying home or doing nothing to avoid both income and expenses.
Braca's attempt to seduce city-center model Iris is framed through their apparent status and neighborhood divide.
Voždovac, neighborhood life, football allegiance, and the goalkeeper friendship anchor the film's comic universe.
Films like When I Grow Up, I'll Be a Kangaroo, and why
Pulp Fiction
interwoven neighborhood stories, dry absurdist humor, and ensemble social observation
Slacker
warm urban comedy built from intersecting character vignettes and local subcultures
Dusan Makavejev's Sweet Movie
deadpan ensemble storytelling, eccentric urban outsiders, and affectionate comic alienation
The Full Monty
working-class friendship, football culture, and bittersweet neighborhood comedy
Movie Details
- Director
- Radivoje 'Raša' Andrić
- Release Date
- 2004-03-25
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Rating
- 8.2 / 10 (53)
Cast
- Sergej Trifunović
- Marija Karan
- Nebojša Glogovac
- Boris Milivojević
- Lazar Strugar
- Nikola Vujović
- Gordan Kičić
- Miodrag Fišeković
- Mladen Andrejević
- Boris Komnenić
Common questions
- What is When I Grow Up, I'll Be a Kangaroo about?
- Three loosely connected lives in a Belgrade neighborhood turn romance, football betting, and spectacular idleness into a sharply affectionate portrait of ordinary absurdity.
- What is When I Grow Up, I'll Be a Kangaroo like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of When I Grow Up, I'll Be a Kangaroo as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is When I Grow Up, I'll Be a Kangaroo violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in When I Grow Up, I'll Be a Kangaroo.
- What did critics think of When I Grow Up, I'll Be a Kangaroo?
- Critics and audiences broadly regard the film as a highly quotable, inventive, and affectionate Serbian ensemble comedy with strong local character.
- Which films are like When I Grow Up, I'll Be a Kangaroo?
- Films with a similar feel include Pulp Fiction, Slacker, Dusan Makavejev's Sweet Movie, and The Full Monty.
- How long is When I Grow Up, I'll Be a Kangaroo?
- When I Grow Up, I'll Be a Kangaroo runs 99 minutes.
