Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- witty
- warm
- intimate
- lazy saturday
- friends night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The friends spend a Saturday morning drinking champagne and discussing personal matters, making dialogue the central vehicle of the film.
Slava, Lesha, Kamil, and Sasha reunite to explore intimate personal concerns and the male subconscious.
The premise turns personal male uncertainty and romantic complications into convivial Saturday-morning banter.
The Russian-language ensemble frames contemporary male friendship and personal disclosure within a recognizable post-Soviet social milieu.
Films like What Men Talk About: Simple Pleasures, and why
What Men Talk About
Russian ensemble comedy built around candid male friendship, conversational humor, and romantic complications
What Men Talk About. Continuation
Warm, talk-driven ensemble comedy about friendship, relationships, and personal anxieties among adult men
The Very Same Munchhausen
Conversation-centered comedy mixing male camaraderie, relationship dilemmas, and witty everyday observations
Movie Details
- Director
- Mikhail Polyakov
- Release Date
- 2023-02-02
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (15)
Cast
- Rostislav Khait
- Leonid Barats
- Kamil Larin
- Aleksandr Demidov
- Mikhail Politseymako
- Maksim Vitorgan
- Dmitriy Nagiev
- Garik Kharlamov
- Yekaterina Varnava
- Ivan Kudryavtsev
Common questions
- What is What Men Talk About: Simple Pleasures about?
- Four longtime friends turn a champagne-filled Saturday gathering into a witty, intimate examination of romance and the private anxieties men rarely voice.
- What is What Men Talk About: Simple Pleasures like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of What Men Talk About: Simple Pleasures as measured, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is What Men Talk About: Simple Pleasures violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in What Men Talk About: Simple Pleasures.
- Which films are like What Men Talk About: Simple Pleasures?
- Films with a similar feel include What Men Talk About, What Men Talk About. Continuation, and The Very Same Munchhausen.
- How long is What Men Talk About: Simple Pleasures?
- What Men Talk About: Simple Pleasures runs 93 minutes.
