Click here to copy URL

Sergio

2020

Greg Barker

Wagner Moura, Ana de Armas, Brian F. O'Byrne, Garret Dillahunt ...

5.3

1,050

Drama A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of brazilian top UN diplomat Sergio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most treacherous mission of his career.

	Author	Review
United States	Jessica Kiang Variety	"Barker’s emphasis on this love story at the expense of a deeper exploration of the exceptional talents that earned de Mello his reputation (...) has a curiously flattening effect."	NEU
United States	Stephanie Zacharek Time	"Moura makes us see the gleaming role model, but it’s much harder to see the man underneath—and you can’t leave a legacy without first having had a heartbeat."	NEU
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"One of those rare films in which a genuine concern for geopolitics coexists perfectly well with romance and old-fashioned moviegoing pleasures"	POS
United States	Robert Daniels The Playlist	"De Armas instills depth unto her character that probably lacked it in the script (...) Barker takes his initially enthralling documentary and dilutes the story with this new feature"	NEU
United Kingdom	Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"Moura and Ana de Armas give strong performances in a mostly effective retelling of the life (...) of a celebrated Brazilian diplomat (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"This admiring yet sluggish movie mostly drowns its political revelations in sticky sentiment"	NEU
Ireland	Deirdre Molumby entertainment.ie	"[It] proves to be a sedate and ultimately dull affair."	NEG
United States	John Serba Decider	"[It] is a well-intentioned, thoughtful, but boring movie. It’s fine, but it should be more than that."	NEU
United States	Steve Pond The Wrap	"The new 'Sergio' isn’t as seamless or as powerful as Barker’s work in the nonfiction arena, but it takes chances and finds some real lyricism along the way."	NEU
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Moura’s portrayal of the late 'Sergio' Vieira de Mello is the main reason to see this biopic of a diplomatic legend (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
Canada	Diksha Sundriyal TheCinemaholic	"[It] feels divided between the two things that it really wants to do; as a result, never completely succeeding in focusing on any one of them (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU

Return to movie

We encourage you to check the reviews' original sources. Intellectual property rights of these reviews belong to their authors and/or the correspondent media from which they have been extracted. If you'd like to help us to add more reviews to your favorite movies, just send us a message.