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  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • International Film Circuit
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • International Film Circuit
  • 1 h 28 m
My Perestroika

Summary My Perestroika follows five ordinary Russians living in extraordinary times — from their sheltered Soviet childhood, to the collapse of the Soviet Union during their teenage years, to the constantly shifting political landscape of post-Soviet Russia. Together, these childhood classmates paint a complex picture of the dreams and disillusi...

Directed By: Robin Hessman

  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • International Film Circuit
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • International Film Circuit
  • 1 h 28 m

My Perestroika

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 9 Critic Reviews
90
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 19 User Ratings
7.3
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Summary My Perestroika follows five ordinary Russians living in extraordinary times — from their sheltered Soviet childhood, to the collapse of the Soviet Union during their teenage years, to the constantly shifting political landscape of post-Soviet Russia. Together, these childhood classmates paint a complex picture of the dreams and disillusi...

Directed By: Robin Hessman

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 9 Critic Reviews
90
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 9 Critic Reviews
90
100% Positive
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0% Mixed
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100
Apr 29, 2011
It not only evocatively captures the Russian spirit and the yearnings of a generation, but it also masterfully chronicles the historic collapse of the Soviet Union and its complex aftermath.
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100
Apr 7, 2011
Offers a surprising and revealing look at Russia's past and present.
By Loren King FULL REVIEW
100
Mar 22, 2011
My Perestroika gives you a privileged sense of learning the history of a place not from a book but from the people who lived it. Watching it is a little like attending a party in an unfamiliar city and discovering the place's secrets from the guests.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
83
Apr 16, 2011
The openness of these people is often astonishing – and a sign of hope.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
83
Mar 24, 2011
My Perestroika is fairly foursquare as documentary filmmaking goes; it isn't stylistically snazzy, nor doggedly vérité. Its closest kin in the genre is Michael Apted's "Up" films, which are similarly focused on how people change over time.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
80
Mar 22, 2011
The subjects, plainspoken and insightful, attempt to extract the objective lessons of the political past from their subjective fortunes. This struggling to untie the personal-political knot makes for compelling oral history.
By Nick Pinkerton FULL REVIEW
75
Dec 1, 2011
Essentially agenda-free, My Perestroika has the quality of a candid conversation with long-lost cousins from another country.
By Liam Lacey FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 19 User Ratings
7.3
74% Positive
14 Ratings
11% Mixed
2 Ratings
16% Negative
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User Reviews

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 19 User Ratings
7.3
74% Positive
14 Ratings
11% Mixed
2 Ratings
16% Negative
3 Ratings

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Production Company Red Square Productions, Bungalow Town Productions
Release Date Mar 23, 2011
Duration 1 h 28 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://www.facebook.com/myperestroika/
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Awards

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Satellite Awards
• 1 Nomination

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