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Recep İvedik 3

Recep İvedik 3

Movie · 2010 · 3 people

Şahan Gökbakar stars as the loud, boorish and oddly endearing Recep İvedik in Recep İvedik 3, a Turkish comedy from 2010 directed by Togan Gökbakar. The third film in the series, it opened on February 12, 2010, after the first two instalments. Faruk Aksoy and Mehmet Soyarslan produced it through Aksoy Film, with Özen Film handling distribution. It sold more than 3.3 million tickets and grossed roughly 28.7 million TL, making it one of the biggest Turkish box-office hits of 2010.

The story opens with Recep showing signs of depression and loneliness after the death of his grandmother. Zeynep, a distant relative played by Zeynep Çamcı who is about to start university in Istanbul, moves into his home for a while. The two go jogging, practise karate and visit the theater, and dozens of side characters cross Recep's path along the way. Mehmet Yumurtacı plays the grocer Salih and Turgut Tunçalp a paintball referee. Recep's gloom refuses to lift until Zeynep makes him experience something he has never lived through before.

Togan and Şahan Gökbakar wrote the script together, with music by Oğuz Kaplangı and cinematography by Ertunç Şenkay. Critics found the production careless, yet evening screenings sold out. The series later continued with a fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh film.

DirectorTogan Gökbakar
Production companyAksoy Film
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Şahan Gökbakar Şahan Gökbakar Film actor · 46 years old Turgut Tunçalp Turgut Tunçalp Actor · 50 years old Zeynep Çamcı Zeynep Çamcı Actor · 39 years old

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

There's no denying Recep İvedik's boorish antics make young people laugh a lot. But be careful with small children; some of the behaviour and jokes are not the kind you want them to copy. Recep's loneliness after losing his grandmother and the bond he forms with Zeynep add unexpected warmth. It's fun for teenagers and young adults, while grandparents may find the humour too loud.

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

Looked at by an eye that remembers Yeşilçam's masters of comedy, this film does little to warm the heart. The Recep İvedik character turns boorishness into the joke itself, whereas in our old comedies laughter grew out of people's better side. Still, credit where it is due: Recep's sadness, left alone after his grandmother's death, and the family warmth between him and Zeynep are the film's most human moments. That over 3.3 million viewers filled the cinemas shows the character has struck a chord with the public; I would simply rather look for that chord in a subtler kind of humour.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Recep İvedik 3 moves forward through strung-together sketches rather than a dramatic spine. Jogging, karate, the theatre and dozens of side characters: each scene is designed as a gag on its own, but there is little narrative necessity linking them. The idea of depression opening with the loss of his grandmother promises an interesting dramatic base, yet the script leans on repeating the character instead of deepening it. Şahan Gökbakar is in full command of the role, and his timing in the physical comedy is consistent. The critics' charge of carelessness is fair; even so, sold-out evening screenings show the formula still works with audiences. Cinematically it is not a step forward, just brand management.

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