No Reviews
AspectRatio.us
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
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| Original Score: 4
FILMINK (Australia)
A bitingly funny, fascinating and moving portrait of Pinochet's fall that's smartly shot and superbly performed.
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
"NO" is an inspirational political drama in which the people are roused by the visual to overcome the vicious.
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| Original Score: 4/4
Rip It Up
... 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.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
Film Threat
No is a great historical document as to how one very important revolution started with a commercial.
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| Original Score: 4.0/5.0
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
The understated performance by Bernal was inspiring, as was the pic.
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| Original Score: B
ABC Radio (Australia)
It's not easy material but it's truly fascinating, and expertly done.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Cinema Autopsy
An extremely perceptive and intriguing examination of the effect that media hype and spin have on the political process.
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| Original Score: 4.5/5
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
...a bitter and knowing meditation on media manipulation and political subversion.
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| Original Score: B+
Las Vegas Weekly
Larrain deftly mixes social satire and historical drama.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Tampa Bay Times
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.
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| Original Score: B
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
Silliness is on the side of the angels in a brilliant and highly entertaining film that's part political thriller, part media satire.
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| Original Score: 4/4
Austin Chronicle
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.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Top Critic"No" is a picture that perches precariously on the cusp of a paradox.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A reflection of a moment in time, made in the image of that moment.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Austin American-Statesman
Bernal deftly explores the layers of the character's complexity, including his political apathy.
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| Original Score: B
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"No" is filmmaking of the first order.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Movie Habit
Old technology plus the packaging of a revolution add up to a Yes
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Antagony & Ecstasy
Freshens up a decades-old story with vibrant humor and a good sense of storytelling.
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| Original Score: 8/10
A cunning and richly enjoyable combination of high-stakes drama and media satire from Chilean director Pablo Larrain.
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| Original Score: 4/4
