Man with a warranty

An unusual person works as a security guard in the shopping center. He helps everyone around: catering and fashion sellers, janitors and bartenders in the cafeteria. Once in his life a “trainee” appears, which must be taught everything that he can do.

Lidia Maslova , Kommersant :

It’s not easy to explain how the “Man with a Guarantee”, where Artyom Aksyonenko acts as the director, differs from other Andreasyanov’s experiments, but it really does not cause disgust - perhaps because in this case it’s easier to abstract from the romantic storyline and from clumsy attempts authors to show sensitivity and kindness, which is actually not inherent in them. Sensitivity contains the necessary minimum prescribed by the genre GOST, and it creeps out, thank God, only towards the end, and the first thing the half-screen takes is an absolute evil performed by the unrecognized Dmitry Nagiyev. For fans of the comic, or rather, farcical, hypostasis of this actor, “A Man with a Guarantee” is a 100% must see, and probably after the film such fans may increase (especially if they watch crazy credits with screwed takes in the final credits, where his improvisations are especially cheeky ) ^[2] .

Ivan Mrachko, Ovideo.ru:

It was not necessary to hope that the film would turn out more or less tolerable, however, the young director Artyom Aksyonenko managed to shoot a really good picture. The main plus of Men with a Guarantee is the laid-back and light atmosphere created by the Grishaev-Oleshko duo. This couple worked so well while working in “ Big Difference ” that it was not difficult to portray the lovers. Dmitry Nagiev, who seriously worked on make-up artists, once again pleased with his boundless charisma. Even in the role of a vile boss ^[3] .

Administrator, Cinema Book:

According to the trailer, this picture seemed to be a typical “dummy” with a disgusting banal plot, a tedious presentation and an unremarkable game of actors; in fact, it turned out to be a quite tolerable comedy with artistic techniques atypical for American cinema and with a harmonious professional cast. <...> The film “A Man with a Guarantee” was shot with a soul. <...> ... this is a high-quality domestic comedy, which is worth it to attend her show at the cinema. You can even go with the children ^[4] .

A year and a half after the release of the film, Dmitry Nagiyev reappeared in the image of an overweight millionaire Laputev in the comedy Sarik Andreasyan “ What men do! " ^[5] , which surpassed in fees the" Man with a guarantee ", having earned 304 million rubles ^[6] , while the" Man with a guarantee "collected 134 million at the box office ^[7] .

• A Man with a Guarantee on the Internet Movie Database
• On the Ruskino website