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92

Average Rating: 7.7/10
Reviews Counted: 101
Fresh: 93 | Rotten: 8

No uses its history-driven storyline to offer a bit of smart, darkly funny perspective on modern democracy and human nature.

94

Average Rating: 8/10
Critic Reviews: 31
Fresh: 29 | Rotten: 2

No uses its history-driven storyline to offer a bit of smart, darkly funny perspective on modern democracy and human nature.

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In 1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will vote YES or NO to Pinochet extending his rule for another eight years. Opposition leaders for the NO persuade a brash young advertising executive, Rene Saavedra (Gael Garcia Bernal), to spearhead their campaign. Against all odds, with scant resources and under scrutiny by the despot's minions, Saavedra and his team devise an audacious plan to win

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Art House & International, Drama

Pedro Peirano

Jun 25, 2013

$2.2M

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All Critics (101) | Top Critics (31) | Fresh (93) | Rotten (8)

"No" is a picture that perches precariously on the cusp of a paradox.

March 28, 2013 Full Review Source: Seattle Times
Seattle Times
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A cunning and richly enjoyable combination of high-stakes drama and media satire from Chilean director Pablo Larrain.

March 15, 2013 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail
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A mesmerizing, realistic and often hilarious look at the politics of power and the power of ideas ...

March 14, 2013 Full Review Source: Toronto Star
Toronto Star
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A political drama, a personal drama, a sharp-eyed study of how the media manipulate us from all sides, No reels and ricochets with emotional force.

March 14, 2013 Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
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It's a funny look at the way the media warp public opinion, and a curiously hopeful one.

March 7, 2013 Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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On every level, "No" leaves one with bittersweet feelings about democracy, love and the cost of compromise.

March 7, 2013 Full Review Source: Newsday
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Shooting the entire film on video equipment of the era gives No some visual snap but it is very much a pedestrian, by-the-numbers docu-drama tale, with the emphasis on the former rather than the latter.

May 4, 2013 Full Review Source: 3AW

NO is an important film - especially for people too young or too far removed from Pinochet's "Dirty War" to remember how horrifying the situation was in Argentina during the '70s and '80s. Bernal's screen presence goes a long way in making the movie work

May 1, 2013 Full Review Source: AspectRatio.us
AspectRatio.us

A bitingly funny, fascinating and moving portrait of Pinochet's fall that's smartly shot and superbly performed.

April 27, 2013 Full Review Source: FILMINK (Australia)
FILMINK (Australia)

"NO" is an inspirational political drama in which the people are roused by the visual to overcome the vicious.

April 26, 2013 Full Review Source: Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

... features a fine performance by Gael García Bernal as young ad exec René Saavedra, who didn't, at first, quite realise what he was in for when he decided to assist in the bringing down of military dictator Augusto Pinochet.

April 26, 2013 Full Review Source: Rip It Up

No is a great historical document as to how one very important revolution started with a commercial.

April 24, 2013 Full Review Source: Film Threat
Film Threat

The understated performance by Bernal was inspiring, as was the pic.

April 23, 2013 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

It's not easy material but it's truly fascinating, and expertly done.

April 20, 2013 Full Review Source: ABC Radio (Australia)
ABC Radio (Australia)

An extremely perceptive and intriguing examination of the effect that media hype and spin have on the political process.

April 17, 2013 Full Review Source: Cinema Autopsy
Cinema Autopsy

...a bitter and knowing meditation on media manipulation and political subversion.

April 12, 2013 Full Review Source: Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)

Larrain deftly mixes social satire and historical drama.

April 11, 2013 Full Review Source: Las Vegas Weekly
Las Vegas Weekly

All historical and little drama.

April 5, 2013 Full Review Source: Times-Picayune
Times-Picayune

Larrain does a fine job of making No look and sound authentic to its time period, although the VHS-quality photography, all washed-out with colors bleeding together as camcorders did in the '80s, is an occasional irritant.

April 4, 2013 Full Review Source: Tampa Bay Times
Tampa Bay Times

Silliness is on the side of the angels in a brilliant and highly entertaining film that's part political thriller, part media satire.

April 4, 2013 Full Review Source: Capital Times (Madison, WI)
Capital Times (Madison, WI)

It's clear that the language of advertising has become universal, and that political commodities can be sold like soap. But toppling a dictatorship? Now there's a story.

March 29, 2013 Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle
Austin Chronicle

A reflection of a moment in time, made in the image of that moment.

March 28, 2013 Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Bernal deftly explores the layers of the character's complexity, including his political apathy.

March 28, 2013 Full Review Source: Austin American-Statesman
Austin American-Statesman

"No" is filmmaking of the first order.

March 28, 2013 Full Review Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Old technology plus the packaging of a revolution add up to a Yes

March 24, 2013 Full Review Source: Movie Habit
Movie Habit

Audience Reviews for No

this is a very interesting film. the acting was wonderful and the dialogue very well written. as historical dramas go, this film was far more historical than it was drama, almost to the point of feeling like a documentary, but it carried enough interesting thematic elements and social commentary to make it very worthwhile.
April 24, 2013
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Director Pablo Larraín shoots the production like a documentary. He utilizes U-matic video tape, the kind used by newscasts in the 80s, to give the film the look from that era. At times it's a bit too grubby as the production almost looks ugly. He doesn't even utilize widescreen so news footage from 1988 is interspersed with fresh material. It's integrated so perfectly I often didn't notice the difference. He even showcases actual anti-Pinochet commercials with new scenes of them shooting the ad. The clips are full of people dancing and clapping urging the viewer to vote "No" in cheerful song. These displays are surprisingly light, particularly when contrasted with the reality of Pinochet's administration. The unexpected lighthearted tone is part of the film's brilliance but it's also the way it contrasts with an underlying climate of terror.

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March 9, 2013
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