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Whatever the facts of the case, Berlin 36 doesn't clear the bar for dramatic impact.
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Slant Magazine by Andrew Schenker
Excepting a momentary late-film lapse into eye-rolling double-exposure tomfoolery, the film is as aesthetically bland as a film could conceivably be, the perfunctory camerawork imbuing the proceedings with an ugly, indistinctive gloss.
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The picture sports a strong lead cast but is diminished by TV-style helming and production qualities.
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The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis
Tasteful to a fault, Berlin 36 turns real-life controversy into disappointingly tepid drama.
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The Hollywood Reporter by Kirk Honeycutt
The film, well made in every way, smartly focuses on an unlikely friendship between Gretel and the athlete who ultimately replaced her -- a high jumper who was later revealed to be a man!
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The burgeoning relationship between both the athletes, bonding over a kindred "otherness," is handled tastefully by director Kaspar Heidelbach, though the lack of new insights on the subject of National Socialism's wickedness ultimately reduces a well-staged film to a historical footnote.