Berlin Syndrome (2017)

You won't be disappointed!

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

Where do I begin, a bland story with no character development and a really really slow incredibly slow movie. How do people even get a budget for this. o realism whatsoever, stupid protagonist and an overall disaster of a movie. Cinematography was OK, but too pretentious for this kind of movie. A one star just because I couldn't leave a zero start rating. One of the worse movies I have ever wasted my time on. almost 2 hours and the best parts are in the beginning and 10 minutes before it all ends. Not recommended. what an utter shitfest of a movie

A German guy with serious mommy abandonment issues takes a fetching Aussie tourist home in the new movie "Berlin Syndrome". Only he has no plans for her vacation abroad to continue.It's about a half hour too long, there are baffling scenes that don't take us anywhere, others rife with heavy-handed foreshadowing and the ending is disappointing. But look at it this way.It's nowhere near as unsatisfying as the unpleasantness this poor lass endures as the permanent guest of an unhinged host.

Trust me, this movie is bad on every level. Trust me, you don't have to watch this. Watch it, and I told you so.There's no resolution on every aspects. You waited, maybe the ending have something surprising, but even that so lame. You can just remember all movies that you have watched, took some stories from those movies you know and voila, Berlin Syndrome. You think, maybe the movie will have something unique, but none whatsoever, even less, it's just plain.Can't believe they make this kind of movie anymore. Hey, we have this left over from plates, why not we concoct a film that looks good and promising, but the truth we don't take out anything from our pocket; because, extra money won't hurt. Plainly just for profit.

I had to break this movie up into three separate viewings mostly because it was lumped in with 'Funny Games' which I HATED and because I had read a deposition from the mass murderer Gary Hilton that mistakenly got posted online and then took down, in which he details the kidnapping and murder of his last victim before getting caught. I was convinced we were heading toward a bad ending. As it was it was interesting.The movie delves deeply into what happens to a victim when they are in a hopeless situation and that was very hard to watch.Teresa Palmer is EXCELLENT. She can really act and is fearless in this role to be so emotionally raw, while she's subjected to what can only be termed psychological torture. The male lead, Max Riemelt was chilling and very subtle as her sociopathic captor.There are some really beautiful shots in this as we get to see the world through Clare's eyes. It's very poignant as you know she has to be thinking her days of looking at anything are numbered.The movie successfully avoids Hollywood clichés of the captor/captive dynamic and lets you figure out what happens after the credits roll. Like I said, I couldn't get the deposition out of my mind, which contained a few events that correlated with this movie.All in all a good movie but very difficult to get through. Not light entertainment at all. Some really good acting if you can maintain your objectivity which I found hard to do.