

Five Russian guys, one chaotic Friday night — what could possibly go wrong? (Everything. Everything goes wrong.)
Friday night is almost like a shortened New year's night. One can expect every kind of surprises on that night. Friday night has its special magic.
Acting
Danila Kozlovsky's barely-contained panic is genuinely infectious
Writing
Escalation comedy that actually escalates instead of fizzling
Production
Moscow nightlife captured with chaotic authentic energy

Director
Evgeny Shelyakin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This captures specifically post-Soviet masculine bonding rituals — the 'posidelki' culture of all-male drinking sessions that romanticizes dysfunction as friendship.
Danila Kozlovsky was already Russia's biggest star when he did this; imagine Chris Hemsworth doing a low-budget party comedy with his actual friends.