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October, 1989 was a bad time to fall into a coma if you lived in East Germany--and this is precisely what happened to Alex’s proudly socialist mother. Alex has a big problem on his hands when she suddenly awakens eight months later. Her heart is so weak that any shock might kill her. And what could be more shocking than the fall of the Berlin Wall and the triumph of capitalism in her beloved East... See Full Description
| Genres: |
Art/Foreign, Comedy and Drama |
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| Running Time: |
1 hr. 58 min. |
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| Release Date: |
February 27th, 2004 (LA/NY) |
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| MPAA Rating: |
R for brief language and sexuality. |
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| Distributors: |
Sony Pictures Classics, XML::LibXML::Element=SCALAR(0x8e77fc0)
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$4,063,859 |
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| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade:
B
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
"...charming and eventually poignant..." more...
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B- |
Boston Globe, Ty Burr
"...for most of its running time, Good Bye, Lenin! beautifully mixes comedy, sentimentality, and cynicism." more...
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B+ |
Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert
"Goodbye, Lenin! is a comedy, but a peculiar one." more...
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B |
Chicago Tribune, Michael Wilmington
"...a good film but not a great one." more...
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B |
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