An intelligent tale with unusual undertones and a necessary fear factor. I love watching smart people trying to get themselves out of impossible situations despite the slicing and dicing. Aquarius Films, 33 of 52 people found this review helpful. Coming Soon. Filled with a plethora of setups and payoffs, BERLIN SYNDROME mostly works, but at nearly 2 hours, it overstays its welcome by at least 30 minutes. Please click the link below to receive your verification email. | Top Critics (17) Berlin Syndrome Stay Home, Watch Horror: 5 Spooky Ghost Movies to Stream This Week, Eva Longoria Joins Ice Cube in Untitled Sci-fi Film for Universal That’s Being Compared to ‘District 9’. By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. Part of the problem is that this film works visually, and thus, contains a lot of silence. A Perfectly Normal Family (En helt almindelig familie), J.R. 'Bob' Dobbs & The Church of the SubGenius, Fall TV First Look: Find Out What’s Coming, The Best Peacock Original Shows and Movies, All Upcoming Disney Movies: New Disney Live-Action, Animation, Pixar, Marvel, and More. After an erotic encounter with a handsome German schoolteacher, she finds her self locked in his apartment. |, July 19, 2020 It's not an overly talky movie, so there is a lot unsaid and a lot left to the viewers interpretation. | Rating: 2.5/4 You feel the claustrophobia of the surroundings, and the scariest part is watching Palmer's character lose her sanity, vacillating between the classic Stockholm syndrome and her desperate attempts to escape her dire situation. Vertical Entertainment will release it later this year. It's only after warming back up that the trip feels well worthwhile. The next day, she awakens to find him off to work as a school teacher and he's, perhaps by accident, locked her into his flat. Ever. At the center of this harrowing piece is another laudable performance from Teresa Palmer, an actress who seems attracted to dark, subversive material. After caning the majority of Australian releases recently, I am delighted to be able to sing the praises of the slow-burn thriller Berlin Syndrome. [Shortland] is expert and building a sense of dread and suspense while Palmer delivers a persuasive performance as a woman who has to summon the strength that she didn't know she had in order to escape. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Strange occurrences plague a small town detective and his family as he investigates the disappearance of a young boy. His Eastern bloc apartment is perfect for their loud sex, since it's established slyly that nobody can hear them. Was this review helpful to you? This film does engender a feeling of impatience and a sense of numbness that lends the question of if the freezing pain was worth the experience in the first place. A good yet harmless take on a situation that we've seen before. |, June 5, 2017 |, June 6, 2017 It may not be easy to watch this tale of sexual captivity, but Berlin Syndrome is an interesting and well-made psychological thriller that will keep you guessing until the end. | Fresh (66) We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your account. (2017). 1 question answered. Graboids, Ghosts and Witches: 18 New Horror Movies, Games and TV Shows Debuting This Week! The characters were real - they were believable.Overall this is a good quality film worth watching, especially if you are a fan of movies that portray the darker side of life without ridiculous amounts of inappropriate gore. Fate has taken its toll on the aging cabaret singer Ruth and the young but terminally ill Jonas. It's a sensational setup, with little clues dropped along the way that Clare was in a boatload of trouble right from the very start. While there are a few plot holes, Palmer and Riemelt sustain the tense arthouse thriller. She applies this vision to a terrifying story of an Australian tourist named Clare (Teresa Palmer of LIGHTS OUT) who meets Andi, a sweet Berliner (SENSE 8's Max Riemelt) on the street and has a casual overnight hookup with him. 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Unease permeates almost every scene. Hailing out of Australia is Cate Shortland’s Berlin Syndrome, which recently screened in Sundance’s World Cinema Dramatic Competition. Berlin Syndrome is a psychological horror / dark drama film directed by Cate Shortland, and written by Shaun Grant.

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