I was ready to like this movie. It's got solid basis by Sergey Mikhalkov (famous writer and poet, who also wrote the text of the USSR anthem), a good cast among children and even better cast of good old USSR actors in episodes. It's got music.

The plot consists of series of lies or to be correct of untold truths of the main ... he's no hero, and he's got no character. Boy.

The worst in this film for me was the lack of morality, there is no lesson to be learned. The boy just moves with the flow, no personal growth, no deep catharsis. In the end he's got it all, his parents accept him, he sings in the choir (though he's got no talent nor specific interest in music) with his friends, who evidently take him as he is and lost all interest and hope he'll ever change. He even got his childhood dream: a big dog.

Forgettable and disappointing experience.

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