Rhino: Ukrainian Godfather

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Rhino: Ukrainian Godfather

2021

1h 41m

Crime

Drama

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Starting out as a petty thief, a young man nicknamed "Rhino" quickly works his way up the criminal hierarchy in 1990's Ukraine. Rhino has only known power and cruelty, but with nothing left to lose, could he finally find a chance at redemption?

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

Sentsov’s deft direction – in particular a bravura single-shot, early-life montage – makes this gory rise and fall story a horribly compelling watch.

Rated: 4/5

May 15, 2022

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

This is strong, fluent, sometimes impassioned film-making, but just as its troubled gangster antihero yearns for meaning in his life beyond violence, so this film appears to be straining for the same thing.

Rated: 3/5

May 11, 2022

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Anna Smith

Deadline Hollywood Daily

While its titular character remains something of an enigma, Rhino the film is a convincing, visually inventive depiction of a specific, and very dangerous, world.

Sep 13, 2021

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Jeremy Aspinall

Radio Times

A brief but seamless montage of young Rhino's volatile family life and troubled adolescence.

Rated: 3/5

May 19, 2024

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Marshall Shaffer

Decider

Rhino brings the genre goods and features one shot so breathtakingly good that you might have to stand up and clap. Those eight minutes might be the best you see for a good while. But it’s also worth watching the rest of the movie, too.

Apr 17, 2023

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

What Sentsov does really well here is to show us the humanity which lies within even the most monstrous of these men.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 27, 2023

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Jim P

You gotta be thick-skinned to stick with this movie. Great first five minutes, but then very disjointed. You can’t remember who’s who… But it gets better! An interesting look at Ukrainian 🇺🇦 gang life.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/24/24

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Serhii Filimonov

Rhino

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Dmytro Dima

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Synopsis

Starting out as a petty thief, a young man nicknamed "Rhino" quickly works his way up the criminal hierarchy in 1990's Ukraine. Rhino has only known power and cruelty, but with nothing left to lose, could he finally find a chance at redemption?

Director: Oleh Sentsov
Producer: Dennis Ivanov, Oleh Sentsov
Screenwriter: Oleh Sentsov
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: Ukrainian
Runtime: 1h 41m

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