Product Details

• Actors: Hugo Weaving, David Wenham, Rebecca Frith, Sacha Horler
• Directors: Stavros Kazantzidis
• Format: Import, Color
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Run Time: 83.0 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000CDM4HM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #147,514 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Harvey (Hugo Weaving), a self-doubting private investigator, plans to marry his girlfriend until he is hired to solve an adultery case and discovers the adulterer is cheating with his fiancée. Lost and dejected, Harvey quits his job and wallows in booze and the occasional odd blind date. Meanwhile, Katia (Natalia Novikova), a Jewish woman from St. Petersburg, arrives in Sydney after answering an ad from an international matchmaking agency. But instead of love, she finds her prospective groom dead on arrival. Stranded in a foreign city with no one to turn to, Katia meets Ethan (David Wenham), a married man and Harvey's best friend. Ethan is soon scheming to figure out a way to keep Katia in the country without his wife Miriam (Rebecca Frith) discovering the affair. Ethan comes up with the perfect solution: he offers Harvey enough money to start writing the novel he has always dreamed of, if he agrees to marry Katia.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You get the feeling that men like this really exist, May 4, 2008

By 

Bernie L. Malonson "B. Malonson" (Chandler, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Russian Doll (DVD)

If you are interested in getting a glimpse into the world of cross-cultural relationships, infidelity, and one lonely man's search for happiness, then Russian Doll is a pleasant way to spend an evening.

Hugo Weaving stars as Harvey, a bumbling bachelor nearing middle-age. The movies plot centers around how he and Katya, a Russian mail order bride find a way beyond their loneliness and happiness together.

Unlike your typical mail order bride movie, Harvey doesn't order Katya. Evan, Harvey's best friend needs a place to "stash" his mistress, and enlists Harvey to marry her as a front.

I won't spoil the movie, but I actually enjoyed it more than I thought I would.

Weaving once again shows his versatility as he is able very believable in this role, a far departure from Mr. Smith, in the Matrix movies.

Recommended!

Cheers!