This Is Not Berlin

Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date: August 9, 2019

5.8	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 5 Ratings

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Brent_MarchantJul 2, 2021

Substance over style may be enough for some moviegoers, but many savvy cinephiles require more, and that's certainly the case with this thrown-together collection of images and incidents that have little meaningful cohesion to bind them. SetSubstance over style may be enough for some moviegoers, but many savvy cinephiles require more, and that's certainly the case with this thrown-together collection of images and incidents that have little meaningful cohesion to bind them. Set in Mexico City in 1986, this slow-moving slog tells the stories of three high school students who become involved with an assortment of metrosexual, drug-addicted sociopolitical performance artists and musicians who endlessly go clubbing to party at fringe and edgy night spots. However, in several cases, it's difficult to fathom the characters' interest (and subsequent radical changes in behavior) in this scene given how divergent they are from their backgrounds, not to mention the events that spring forth from these inexplicable shifts. What's more, the film attempts to provide a temporal context by including references to events of the time, though without elaboration of and explanation for their inclusion in the first place. Despite the picture's relative success at capturing the look and feel of the era, some of it is painfully excessive, most notably the performance art, which is pretentious even by 1980s standards. Director Hari Sama's half-baked effort leaves much to be desired, no matter how stylish it may appear on screen or how allegedly hip it may think it is.… Expand

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LAlcachofaZombeOct 11, 2020

!NOT A GOOD MOVIE AT ALL¡ I, as a mexican can tell what is right and what is wrong with this horrible movie. There are some good things like the direction of the movie that is ok but not so good, and the bad things are the acting, the script!NOT A GOOD MOVIE AT ALL¡ I, as a mexican can tell what is right and what is wrong with this horrible movie. There are some good things like the direction of the movie that is ok but not so good, and the bad things are the acting, the script and the story. The acting is almost as bad as in a Neil Breen movi, the scripts feels really bad and unrealistic just like a bad tv drama series, and the story leaves nowhere and maybe it has a nice message for the audience but is reay poor showed.… Expand

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