Quartile rating: 7.5/10 · 1 rating
A university researcher is fired because of the cuts to university. To earn a living he decides to produce drugs recruiting his former colleagues, who despite their skills are living at the margins of society.
The Italian comedy offers a clever Breaking Bad-esque premise filtered through sardonic commentary on academic precarity and Italian social dysfunction. The ensemble of over-qualified academics turned drug manufacturers provides genuine comic energy and some sharp satirical bite. Acting is solid across the board, with good chemistry among the cast, though it rarely transcends genre conventions. Cinematography is functional and unremarkable, typical of mid-budget Italian comedies. The film is reasonably distinctive in its local cultural specificity and intellectual humor but doesn't fully capitalize on its satirical potential. The ending wraps up adequately without delivering a truly memorable payoff.