The Master and Margarita

I'm curious would anyone, who didn't read the book, understand anything besides love affair between Master and Margarita? I'm not sure. Wild story. Interesting interpretation of Bulgakov's life.

Palpable critique of USSR (as was in the book), current Russia and allusions to Nazi Germany and surprisingly to trials of McCarthyism era;

Should have left out **Satan's Ball** and shootout between the Cat and NKVD's officers... Just because those scenes were memorable and important parts of the book doesn't mean they should have stayed untouched.

p.s. How the hell this film got past censorship and ended up coming to theaters I don't understand. I just assumed it was toothless that's why it got greenlight. I was wrong.

Does absolutely no justice to the original text. Couldn't even stand it. The 2005 TV adaptation seems far more superior to this.

This is a movie I don't know why I watched. I was so bored that I only managed to finish it in a week. The acting was bad, the effects were bad, and the script was boring. The movie wasn't what I expected at all. Don't watch it, don't let anyone watch it.