Esto no es Berlín
critic Reviews
82% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score82%- This Is Not Berlin uses one young man's sexual and cultural awakening as the fuel for a personal story with widely resonant themes.
- Fresh Tomatometer ScoreCarlos BonfilLa Jornada
It explores suggestively and frankly the rarefied atmospheres of what was the 80's musical and artistic counterculture. [Full Review in Spanish]
Read full article - Fresh Tomatometer ScoreIván BelmontKonexión
Despite its flaws, this is Hari Sama's best film to date. [Full Review in Spanish]
Read full article - Fresh Tomatometer ScoreErick EstradaCinegarage
Sama manages to make this story a hard and much less romantic reflection on a country that has not managed to be. [Full Review in Spanish]
Read full article - Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRuben Peralta RigaudCocalecas
This is not Berlin can be a bit disconcerting at times, but it's the wild version of of a good storyteller's adolescence. [Full review in Spanish]
Read full article - Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAlistair RyderGay Essential
An exciting coming of age story, that pays tribute to an LGBT subculture without fetishising it from a straight character's perspective.
Read full article - Rotten Tomatometer ScoreMichael J. CaseyMichael J. Cinema
Smacks of autobiography without reflection.
Read full article - Rotten Tomatometer ScoreRobert DenersteinDenerstein Unleashed
Throbbing dance scenes can be wearing and the basic story -- libidinous liberation leads to near tragedy -- hardly feels groundbreaking.
Read full article - Rotten Tomatometer ScorePat PaduaThe DC Line
[Its] superficial shock value masks the real pain of finding your voice.
Read full article - Fresh Tomatometer ScoreBrian OrndorfBlu-ray.com
Evocative and intermittently emotive, locating the heart of adolescent pain and the difficulties of finding one's way in a predatory world.
Read full article - Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJames VerniereBoston Herald
A chiaroscuro coming-of-age tale set in turbulent 1980s Mexico City and a fine bookend to Alfonso Cuaron's Roma.
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