
Feature documentary charting the journey of film director Dan Edelstyn as he tracks down his long lost Jewish Ukrainian heritage and then attempts to relaunch his great grandfather's once glorious vodka empire. The film constitutes a whirlwind journey through European times and spaces - the story has it all, revolution and romance, exile and entrepreneurship, and at its heart lies a life changing discovery of a vodka distillery in Ukraine.... (Full plot summary below)
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Feature documentary charting the journey of film director Dan Edelstyn as he tracks down his long lost Jewish Ukrainian heritage and then attempts to relaunch his great grandfather's once glorious vodka empire. The film constitutes a whirlwind journey through European times and spaces - the story has it all, revolution and romance, exile and entrepreneurship, and at its heart lies a life changing discovery of a vodka distillery in Ukraine.
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| Irish TimesTara BradyHow to Re-establish a Vodka Empire unfolds as a travelogue, a memoir, a historical recreation, and a detective story. |
| Empire MagazineEve BarlowA heady delight of a documentary that will warm your cockles. |
| Boston PhoenixGerald Peary[It's] a bit much for one film, and it's no help that the filmmaker-narrator is a lightweight and befuddled chap. Still, there are amusing moments ... |
| Little White LiesLewis BazleyKeep your Smirnoffs and Stolis in the cupboard and give this unfamiliar tipple a try. It'll warm your cockles. |
| Time OutAdam Lee DaviesJumbled, rushed and a trifle premature - we're left hanging as to the success of the venture - it's also charming, inventive and lively. |
| CineVueSophie Kingston-SmithGuaranteed to induce the warm afterglow of vodka and the sporadic giggles that follow. |
| Boston GlobeMark FeeneyToo many of the scenes here - a busted elevator, walking an elderly dog - seem included because Edelstyn didn't have any sense of structure or, worse, what exactly he was after. |