Never Look Away

Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: January 25, 2019

7.9	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 44 Ratings

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netflicFeb 25, 2019

This movie is loosely based on life and experiences of a famous German artist Gerhard Richter.
The film was nominated for Oscar in the best foreign movies category. The protagonist Kurt was a young kid when Nazis came to power in Germany. AsThis movie is loosely based on life and experiences of a famous German artist Gerhard Richter.
The film was nominated for Oscar in the best foreign movies category. The protagonist Kurt was a young kid when Nazis came to power in Germany. As a child and a teenager he witnessed horrible things. Kurt survives the war and studies socialist realism art in the East Germany. Looking for artistic (and not only artistic) freedom, he escapes to the West Germany just before the Berlin Wall is erected.

What does it take to be a true artist?
How remarkably similar was Nazi art to Soviet realism! And how awfully false and dishonest they are.

There is a lot to think and to talk about in this movie.

I would like it more if it were not that long (over 3 hours!). Some episodes are excellent but some felt quite cheesy and lacking depth.

Overall, it is a good movie that could have been great.… Expand

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JLuis_001Aug 21, 2020

It lost half a star because frankly it never justifies its excessive duration. Besides that I felt that the main actor's performance was weak.

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