Director: Greg Barker
Cast: Wagner Moura , Ana de Armas , Clemens Schick , Bradley Whitford , Brian F. O'Byrne , Garret Dillahunt , Will Dalton , Alice Assef , Pedro Hossi , Nick Donadio , Sahajak Boonthanakit
Plot: Charismatic and complex, Sergio Vieira de Mello (Wagner Moura) has spent the majority of his storied career as a top UN diplomat working in the world's most unstable regions, deftly navigating deals with presidents, revolutionaries, and war criminals for the sake of protecting the lives of ordinary people. But just as he readies himself for a simpler life with the woman he loves (Ana de Armas), Sergio takes one last assignment in Baghdad, newly plunged into chaos following the US invasion. The assignment is meant to be brief, until a bomb blast causes the walls of the UN headquarters to come literally crashing down upon him, setting into motion a gripping life-or-death struggle. Inspired by a true story, Sergio is a sweeping drama focused on a man pushed to his physical and emotional limits as he's forced to confront his own divisive choices about ambition, family, and his capacity to love.
My Movie Review: The movie is a worthy biopic that give us glimpse of paradise in a seconds! Sergio is mostly retelling of the life and tragic death of a celebrated Brazilian diplomat thanks to Wagner Moura and Ana de Armas who gave strong performances it became just watchable:) Sergio Vieira de Mello’s life was spent helping the downtrodden "A Man Of The World" that deserves to be recognized too shame it ended in such truck-bombing in Iraq UN Headquarters! Wagner Moura is so good I thought his the real Sergio the way looks and how he command his action, his presence scream more Sergio than Wagner his fits this role perfectly and precisely:) Ana de Armas is just fantastic she exhibited extraordinary screen presence and brings a hint of earnest effervescence to some bland, occasionally dour material she's a ray of sunshine here:) Some shadowy undressing and lovemaking between Carolina and Sergio in warm, orangey mood lighting makes the summer hot both beautiful you can have man-crush and girl-crush on!
Critics Consensus: While the real-life story that inspired Sergio is certainly worthy of a biopic, its misguided approach to its noble subject adds up to a disappointingly shallow drama. 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. It was good to be reminded of this man and the good men trying to make the world a better place. Even Moura and de Armas' sizzling chemistry presents its own problems to an already hobbled feature; why, after all, is this biopic about an exceptional human built mostly around a love affair? "Sergio" honors a man whom not everyone knows, but should. Yet its dry telling and skewed emphasis on his love life trivialize a man whose life was much more than skin deep. Barker and Borten have chosen to retain the documentary's framing device of the rescue attempt... Here, it feels abstract, disjointed from the scenes with him and Carolina, weakening and muddying the story!
Source: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sergio_2020
Critics Consensus: While the real-life story that inspired Sergio is certainly worthy of a biopic, its misguided approach to its noble subject adds up to a disappointingly shallow drama. 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. It was good to be reminded of this man and the good men trying to make the world a better place. Even Moura and de Armas' sizzling chemistry presents its own problems to an already hobbled feature; why, after all, is this biopic about an exceptional human built mostly around a love affair? "Sergio" honors a man whom not everyone knows, but should. Yet its dry telling and skewed emphasis on his love life trivialize a man whose life was much more than skin deep. Barker and Borten have chosen to retain the documentary's framing device of the rescue attempt... Here, it feels abstract, disjointed from the scenes with him and Carolina, weakening and muddying the story!
Source: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sergio_2020
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