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Summer in Berlin

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Summer in Berlin reviews
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8.0 User Score:

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Based on 6 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Drama  |  Foreign

Written by: Wolfgang Kohlhaase

Directed by: Andreas Dresen

Release Date:
Theatrical: March 30, 2007

Running Time: 105 minutes, Color

Origin: Germany

Language(s): German (with English subtitles)

Summary

RATING: Not Rated

Starring Inka Friedrich, Nadja Uhl, Andreas Schmidt, Stefanie Schönfeld, Vincent Redetzki, Christel Peters, Kurt Radeke, and Hannes Stelzer

An enchanting comedy, full of human warmth, sincerity and delightful humor - a film about life. (D Street Releasing)

What The Critics Said

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Village Voice Michelle Orange

German director Andreas Dresen has made an oddly buoyant little film about loneliness: Part Sex in der City, part Dogme doldrums, Summer in Berlin is most affecting as a character study of two women in their late thirties.

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60

The New York Times Stephen Holden

The low-key realism is so meticulously maintained that Summer in Berlin feels somewhat trivial. There is nothing larger here than meets the eye. It is "Sex and the City" on a stringent budget with fewer characters.

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50

New York Post V.A. Musetto

The result is entertaining but hardly memorable.

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50

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

The movie tends to wander between story lines and characters without any real sense of purpose.

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50

Chicago Reader Andrea Gronvall

Nothing much is original in this soggy tale of two German women whose friendship persists despite adversity and their own bad choices.

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50

Variety Dennis Harvey

The modest splash made by Andreas Dresen's Dogme-styled 2002 drama "Grill Point" raised expectations his projects since haven't quite met, including the new Summer in Berlin.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

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