A Night at the Kindergarten, a Polish comedy coming out this week on Netflix, is set in a kindergarten. The film is made by Marek Baranowski and Rafa Skalski, who worked together on the series Glitter.
The movie will last about 1 hour and 37 minutes and be about a man who has to keep his girlfriend’s son from getting kicked out of school. But it’s not a typical comedy, and some of the things discussed in the movie make it seem dark.
A Night at the Kindergarten Release Date
A Night at the Kindergarten will be released on 28th December on Netflix.
A Night at the Kindergarten Cast
- Sylwia Boron
- Piotr Borowski
- Matylda Damiecka
- Aleksandra Domanska
- Dobromir Dymecki
- Lena Gora
- Maciej Nawrocki
- Masza Wagrocka
- Piotr Witkowski
- Julia Wyszynska
- Zbigniew Zamachowski
A Night at the Kindergarten Recap
When we read the story’s premise, “A Night at the Kindergarten,” we thought we were in for something very typical and average. But after the first 30 minutes, we realised it was more than that, and it kept improving.
We haven’t had our assumptions smashed so spectacularly in a while, and we’re happy about it. In “A Night at the Kindergarten,” a man who doesn’t pay his bills has to deal with a night of politics among parents so that his son doesn’t get kicked out of school.
But as the night goes on, things change and show the dark side of what happens when parents and children meet. Let’s jump right into the story without further ado.
At the beginning of “A Night at the Kindergarten,” Eryk smokes pot in a park and talks about how most kids are stupid. When he gets home, he finds that he forgot to pick up his girlfriend’s son, and she is mad at him. She says that Eryk is entirely careless, and we agree with her.
She is also worried that her son will get kicked out of school because he has been causing trouble there, and it bothers her that she doesn’t have to pay tuition for him. She asks Eryk to keep an eye on Tytus while she works. But when she leaves, he changes his mind. He calls his friend and asks him to watch over Tytus while he goes to school to practise for the Nativity play.
After he votes in a way that isn’t politically correct, he realises that he needs to fix the damage. It doesn’t take him long to learn that he is the odd one because Tytus is not his son. Because of this, no one pays attention to what he says. The relationships between the parents are set up so that Justyna is in charge, and the others do what she says.
But he doesn’t know how and wonders if problems with kids are that important for him to think about more. He hears Justyna and Krystyna talking about wanting Tytus to drop out of school no matter what. Is it okay to look into bathroom stalls in Poland or anywhere else? We’re still determining.
No matter what happens, Eryk’s plans have changed. He has to ensure that all of Tytus’s parents vote to keep him in school. Justyna is the bad guy on this mission. He is angry, but the school’s Director tells him to stay calm and be careful.
He does this by talking to each parent separately and ensuring they understand how important it is to do the right thing. But Justyna is doing the same thing, and when she and Eryk get into a fight and all the parents watch, they side with Justyna and vote to kick Tytus out. Eryk is shocked and angry, and so is the Director of the school, who had made an education plan for him and thought he was making progress in his classes.
Tytus has been more than just a challenging child; it turns out. He has been bullying everyone, and he was the one who kept Justyna’s daughter locked in a room for hours. But Justyna tells her that she is wrong. Eryk needed to figure out what to do because he didn’t think the problem was that important. He is sitting in a classroom, unsure what to do when the Director shows him pictures that Tytus had drawn.
He gave each of them the name “ER” or “Eryk,” even though they were all superheroes. Eryk had become a father to him and someone he could depend on, which showed that. It was up to Eryk to make sure his child didn’t lose faith, so he devised a plan.
He goes outside to smoke for a while, and all the parents join him to talk about how much they hate their kids and wish things were different. They all tell him and each other about how hard it is to be a parent, and they don’t hold back.
At that very moment, the Director comes in and says that she wants to quit her job. All her parents are shocked because they don’t want her to leave. They decide to talk to her, and Justyna will say she’s sorry if that’s what it takes to get her to stay.
But the Director says she doesn’t have anything against Justyna. She is leaving because the management is not what she is used to, and she will only come back if they promise that it will go back to how it was.
The parents decide that this can happen if Justyna is no longer in charge of the Parents’ Committee. She is angry and figures out that this was always the plan of the Director and Eryk. Whether or not the other parents believe her, they have decided she will no longer be in charge.
The parents decide that Hamza will be the new head of the committee. Justyna is very angry, and even though she tries to stay calm, she loses it quickly and lashes out at the parents, telling them that none of them is good enough for their kids. She is angry enough that she is dangerous with a gun.
But when her friend Krystyna sees how she acts, she loses her temper and tells her that Justyna is not a very good mother either. She tells Tytus that her daughter locked herself in the room because she was afraid of her mother, not Tytus. Justyna’s heart is broken, but before she can do anything, Eryk steps in.
But she says that “Beetroot” was a name given to Tytus. The child got that name because of something embarrassing at school, and it was always a joke between his parents. The question is whether Tytus’s bad behaviour is caused by his peers and their parents picking on him or if they don’t like him and give him that name because of it.
In the next fight, Justyna accidentally shoots something into the wall. Even though no one gets hurt, what happens next is embarrassing for her. Everyone laughs, and Tytus might no longer be picked on. No matter what, we know that Tytus is not as bad as their parents make him out to be.
The parents spend the night getting drunk and causing trouble as a way to let off steam about how hard their lives are. The following day, the whole set of the play is broken, and the parents realise they need Justyna’s help to fix it. Eryk goes to talk to her, and honestly, empathy works when nothing else does, and Justyna is back to organise the play.
Dorota is still mad at Eryk because she thinks he was careless when he left her son in charge of a dealer. But Justyna and the Director tell her that they have made plans for Tytus to spend time with a caretaker to help with his behaviour problems. Dorota is surprised that Eryk has done something like this on his own.
But chaos breaks out at the play itself. Just as the parents decide to be more accurate with their kids, someone finds the gun from the night before, and everything goes crazy. No one gets hurt, and everyone gets out of there alive. Justyna hugs her daughter, and Dorota, Eryk, and Tytus join them. It’s Christmastime once more.
A Night at the Kindergarten Review
We wouldn’t say it was a “must-see,” but it was interesting. People are used to seeing parents fight over small things regarding their kids, but “A Night at the Kindergarten” really took a dark turn when it showed how bullying by both parents and kids creates a dangerous web of cruelty.
In the movie, adults act like bullies who want the best for their kids, which means they try to avoid the consequences of what they do. If they hadn’t teased Tytus and hadn’t taught their kids to do the same, the whole situation could have been avoided.
Even though the parents complain about their kids, they ultimately admit they love them. However, if we want to build a better world, people who want to have children and be responsible for them should have to pass some emotional and psychological tests. We were curious if we would tell our friends to see the movie, but we had a good time while it was on.
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