This is one of those movies that was presumably made because a location was available. Vera Ch. makes an anarchic comedy out of life in a high-rise Prague housing development where everyone is driven crazy over one day's course by the nonstop construction, confusingly lookalike streets/buildings, clogged bureaucracy, kids running amuck, and whatnot. It's a bit like Roy Andersson's more recent films in its making comedy of everyday desperation, and Jacques Tati in its slapstick of modern urban life, plus a bit of J.G. Ballard's "High Rise"-though as filtered though this filmmaker's particular frenetic sensibility. Political commentary is kept on the "Whattayagonna do, life is crazy!" level that would have been acceptable to the government censors at the time. It's a crowded, restless, absurdist ensemble film that is consistently amusing if never quite truly inspired.