Etiquette (Adab-ı Muaşeret)

Etiquette (Adab-ı Muaşeret) (translated)

Movie · 2009 · 6 people

Adab-ı Muaşeret came out on May 15, 2009, as a Turkish high-school comedy. Emre Akay directed it from a script by Eser Yazıcı; Yerli Film and Mars Production made it, and Medyavizyon distributed it. It tells of the rivalry between two groups, one of girls and one of boys, mixing comedy with a little drama.

The story is set at February 29 High School. Aykut, who keeps changing schools and cities with his father, the math teacher Nurettin Bey, is weary of the routine, but the latest move opens an unexpected door. At the new school, the "Adab-ı Muaşeret" gang of girls led by the manners-minded Zeynep faces the "Mokokolar", headed by the rebellious Eko. Their old feud turns into comic clashes all year. Nurettin Bey faces hard days trying to restore order, and his greatest help comes from the literature teacher Fatma Hanım, nicknamed Miss Piggy.

Tarık Ündüz plays Aykut, Yıldız Asyalı Zeynep, Bora Akkaş Eko, Salih Kalyon Nurettin Bey and Hasibe Eren Fatma Hanım, with Ruhi Sarı and Hakan Salınmış also in the cast. Can Anamur, Zafer Çelik and Marsel Kalvo produced, Feza Çaldıran shot it and Sultana wrote the music. Critics were unkind: one review judged it inadequate, and young viewers mostly complained that the actors were too old for high-schoolers.

DirectorEmre Akay
Production companyYerli Film, Mars Production

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Also in the cast: Yıldız Asyalı (Zeynep)

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AI-assisted editorial takes written from different viewer perspectives. They are not reader reviews; those are below.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humor and heart.

A light comedy you can watch with high-school-age kids. Girls versus boys, school squabbles, a math teacher trying to keep order and the literature teacher who backs him up: it is all familiar ground. It has little that is new to offer the grown-ups. As young viewers themselves pointed out, the actors look a bit old for high-schoolers, and that makes it harder to believe. Keep your expectations modest and it will do for an evening's fun.

Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

I want pace from a high-school comedy, and turning two gangs' rivalry into a year-long running battle is not a bad idea. But after a while the clashes between the Adab-ı Muaşeret girls and the Mokokolar started to feel like repeats. And the cast just do not look like high-schoolers, which is exactly what young viewers complained about most. Fine for a laugh with friends, nothing more.

Yeşilçam Nostalgic A viewer raised on the classics, looking for warm storytelling and strong acting.

Say school comedy, and Hababam Sınıfı comes to mind first: that classroom atmosphere, the affectionate tug-of-war between teacher and pupils. Adab-ı Muaşeret winks at the same territory, with a math teacher trying to restore order, a literature teacher who helps him, and two rival groups of students. Yet the characters never find their way into the heart the way those old films did, and the actors look well past school age. Even a literature teacher being nicknamed Miss Piggy left me a little pained. From a film that carries good manners in its very title, I expected more grace.

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