A Coffee in Berlin

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Abe A @RT14133446 03/24/2024 Good movie, not great. Easy on the eye, not profound but very easy to watch, funny at times. Shades of Woody Allen. One I'd rewatch for pleasure. See more Marcos M @MarcosMendonca 05/05/2023 Great acting, really good portrait of Berlin See more Kevin L @Lakeman 03/11/2023 A bit interesting and engaging at times, tedious at others. "A Coffee In Berlin" gives us a nice performance by Tom Schilling as a character I'm familiar with. I've seen quite a few Nicos in my time. The specific qualities he conveys- lost or confused, great indifference, flakiness, forced attempts at interaction- are typical of a lot of this type of slacker guy with little or no sense of real direction or purpose. As I said, though, there is some tedium here. It really seems like a rather jagged, unconnected scenes edited together, though there is some flow when the Julika character is introduced. This is the best stretch of the film for me. Her character is interesting and certainly offers Nico a chance at establishing something real and significant in his life. Who knows what it could lead to? But, he blows that, too. Nice work by Dohnányi, Klawitter, and Hoseman. But the best performance for me was Friederike Kempter's Julika. Kempster brings to life a lithe, lovely, and brimming young woman with sense of nervous joy in life. Nice if uneven. 2.9 stars See more PanProduction T @ChunPan9 08/22/2020 Beautiful movie. Funny, poignant, and poetic. See more 07/30/2017 Lots of layers here and all in search of a cup of coffee. See more 07/06/2016 A dialogue driven film where the slacker protagonist drifts away in Berlin. He meet many people, he go many places and everywhere there are loads of words. Shot in black and white, nicely scored and a gentle humor makes it snappy and interesting. It reminds me a lot of something the younger Jarmuch would do. Some very smooth shots - especially in the end where the short stills appear rapidly. With some works of graffiti artist Blu on the screen too. Nice. I liked it, but it felt rather long even with a short playime. I've read it was a graduation project - that's pretty impressive, even if it's not especially fresh or original. 6.5 out of 10 meatballs. See more Read all reviews

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