
Terminal prankster Frantisek Hána refuses to grow up and take certain responsibilities, despite his wife Emilie's constant badgering to do so. Even faced with his own looming death and an ungrateful son who wants to whisk his parents off to the old folks' home, Frantisek's wit won't quit as he vies to live until he dies.... (Full plot summary below)
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Terminal prankster Frantisek Hána refuses to grow up and take certain responsibilities, despite his wife Emilie's constant badgering to do so. Even faced with his own looming death and an ungrateful son who wants to whisk his parents off to the old folks' home, Frantisek's wit won't quit as he vies to live until he dies.
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| San Francisco ChronicleWalter V. AddiegoDirector Vladimir Michalek and writer Jiri Hubac deftly suggest the pathos of old age while avoiding the saccharine and the morbid. |
| Urban CinefileUrban Cinefile CriticsWith its uplifting moral to stay young at heart, Autumn Spring is a bittersweet charmer about rogues, relationships and growing old. |
| Miami HeraldMarta BarberA fantastic vehicle for three seasoned actors given the chance to play juicy roles at this stage of their lives. |
| Deseret News (Salt Lake City)Jeff ViceDirector Vladimir Michalek and screenwriter Jiri Hubac manage to strike a good balance between the comic and dramatic story elements, and the story isn't quite as predictable as you might think. |
| Arizona Daily StarPhil VillarrealThe accolades are much owed to Brodsky, who builds Frantisek into the oldster we'd all like to think we'll one day become. |
| About.comJurgen FauthThe kind of warm, uplifting champion-the-underdog film that studios now try to produce at any cost, a subgenre of world cinema that has been reduced to a formula.... Autumn Spring is the wonderful real deal. |
| TV GuideKen FoxA wonderful tribute to a wonderful actor. |
| NewsdayJohn AndersonBlithely bittersweet comedy is a paean to personal freedom, and to the glories of '60s Czech cinema. |
| Slant MagazineNick Schager[Director Vladimír] Michálek dexterously balances the film's rueful somberness with infectious optimism. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenA subtly comic tale that in effect takes 'About Schmidt' forward by 15 years. |