That was an excellent one.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

a well known character. and his story. a theory. and the desire to give the right image about a Russian personality who, decade by decade, becomes more and more ambiguous. a film about Rasputin is always around the controversies. this movie is not an exception. and the motif to see it remains the perspective of director about a delicate subject. his death as ball of political plans and as symptom of deep crisis. the old Russia - subject of nostalgia and late dreams. the Imperial family as victim of challenges of period. the Russian cinema ways for give a special aura to historical films. and Ivan Okhlobystin as a Rasputin who has new traits comparing it with the others films about the same character. result, an explanation. about the context and the actors of a terrible crime. about the fall of an era. about the profound Russia.