Never Look Away

R

Released Nov 30, 2018

3 hr. 9 min.

History

Drama

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When two German art students fall in love, the girl's father, who has a devastating secret, vows to end their relationship.

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Critics Consensus

Never Look Away fills its protracted running time with the absorbing story of an incredible life -- and its impact on the singular artist who lived it.

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Rosie A

I really loved this film. You go on a journey with the artist. And the sequence in which he finally finds his voice, and paints the paintings which unlock his past and his future, is just so moving and compelling. I was very moved by the actors. And a great score by Max Richter. Even if it does play fast and loose with Gerhard Richter's biography, it is still a very powerful portrait of an artist's journey to creation.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/21/24

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Margreet D

Saw it pre Covid, still thinking about it. Nowadays we talk a lot about inclusion, this is about exclusion. Artists, but also if you look differently at art, if you are different according to social norms. People will correct you, or worse. Be ware.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/09/23

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Rosana B

Mais uma linda biografia... Baseado na biografia de Gerard Richter, passa por sua infância durante a guerra, a perda de sua tia, Elisabeth, uma jovem que lhe inspirou com a imaginação e o amor pela vida e liberdade, sua paixão uma outra Elizabeth, lindo, romântico e apaixonante...

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/30/23

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Lanfranco C

A great biopic and a journey in the History of Germany and in the soul of the German People

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/13/23

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HENRY A

Based on an artist's work, it takes on Germany, Nazis, guilt, and the struggle to make art that means something.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/11/23

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PanProduction

Great movie! I have never seen anything like it in other films about artists. Depicts the arduous road toward artistic creativity.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/31/23

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Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Director

Tom Schilling

Kurt Barnert

Sebastian Koch

Professor Carl Seeband

Paula Beer

Ellie Seeband

Saskia Rosendahl

Elisabeth May

Oliver Masucci

Professor Antonius van Verten

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Matthew Thrift

Little White Lies

"Never look away," we're told for the umpteenth time. But with von Donnersmarck serving as a dubious Virgil through the circles of 20th century history, you're better off just looking elsewhere.

Rated: 1/5

Jul 9, 2019

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Kevin Maher

Times (UK)

Another misstep, this time considerably less forgivable.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 8, 2019

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Never Look Away is not without ambition and reach, and there is a real storytelling impulse. But the central performance of Schilling looks shruggingly uncertain.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 5, 2019

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Juan José Beteta

Cinencuentro

A film that has an effective story that unravels in different formal and narrative layers. [Full review in Spanish]

Jul 17, 2023

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Tom O'Brien

Next Best Picture

Watching "Never Look Away" is like settling in with a lengthy novel that, despite meandering now and then, turns out to be a very satisfying read. Or in this case, a very satisfying film.

Rated: 7/10

Jun 14, 2022

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Lonita Cook

KCTV5 News at 9

You feel compelled to stay with [the character] for the whole three hours.

Oct 1, 2021

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Synopsis

When two German art students fall in love, the girl's father, who has a devastating secret, vows to end their relationship.

Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Screenwriter: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co: Bayerischer Rundfunk, Pergamon Film, ARD Degeto Film, Beta Cinema
Rating: R (Graphic Nudity|Brief Violent Images|Sexuality)
Genre: History, Drama
Original Language: German
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 30, 2018, Limited
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Jan 25, 2019
Release Date (Streaming): May 14, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.3M
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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