
Two Benchwarmers
Seen it?2005 | 113 min | Comedy, Drama
Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Great for anyone looking to switch off and smile and anyone who likes a story with emotional weight. Easy company after a long day.
- The mood
- Funny with heart.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 53 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in another language, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Skip it if you're after something serious tonight.
During the Yugoslav Wars in the 1990s, the Croat Ante and the Serb Duško fought on opposing sides. After the confilct had concluded, as many others before and after them, they moved on with their lives and found happyness in other places. Ante returned to his small village in the Dalmatian Hinterland and turned to alcoholism. Duško moved to Banja Luka and continued his life as a professional volleyball player, trying to be the best possible father for his young daughter Ingrid and get over the recent news of his wife's affair with his best man. Their routine is suddenly thwarted when a mysterious man in black named Antiša enters their lives and takes them away to an abanndoned warehouse near Zagreb, offering them a large sum of money under one simple condition: if they testify against a war criminal on an international tribunal.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 1K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Dejan Šorak
- Goran NavojecAnte Jukić
- Borko PerićDuško Katran
- Tarik FilipovićAntiša
- Dora LipovčanStela
- Renne GjoniThe Hague Investigator
- Rea Kamenski BačunIngrid
- Ana Marija BokorPrevoditeljica
- Dražen BratulićSlužbenik Tribunala
- Ivan BrkićŠvercer ljudima
- Snježana Tomljenović 'Buba'Šminkerica