Berlin Alexanderplatz
Kino Lorber | Release Date: April 30, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
43
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Mixed or average reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
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50
Film ThreatAlex SavelievMay 18, 2021
Beautiful and atmospheric but essentially empty and pointless, Berlin Alexanderplatz hits you with the bluntness of a sledgehammer. Read full review
50
VarietyJessica KiangApr 20, 2021
Although promising a deep-cut dash of contemporary topicality by reimagining the main character as an undocumented African immigrant, there is the sense that the unimpeachable craft and performances — especially from rivetingly charismatic lead Welket Bungué — ultimately add up to just too slick a package. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungApr 20, 2021
A heavy-handed reimagining. Read full review
50
Screen DailyLee MarshallApr 20, 2021
The paradox is that in modernising Berlin Alexanderplatz, Qurbani has created an ambitious but also stridently melodramatic moral parable that seems oddly dated. Read full review
40
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldApr 29, 2021
Reinhold exerts a Svengali-like hold on Franz and the women they know, though the character’s questionable magnetism makes this dynamic increasingly baffling. Read full review
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