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Perestroika (2009)

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Moscow. 1992. Sasha Greenberg, an astrophysicist, returns to the city of his birth after 17 years of exile. Formerly reviled as a traitor, he is now welcomed back as a hero. The period of "Perestroika" (restructuring) has turned everything upside down. In the midst of all this turmoil Sasha is expected to deliver a theory about the coherence of our universe. But, what he's feeling is overwhelming chaos, and the suspicion that man is the bane of a world in peril. With all he knows about the world

Unrated, 1 hr. 55 min.

Documentary, Drama, Special Interest

Oct 27, 2009

REF Productions

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Perestroika races back and forth between the Soviet past and non-Communist present. The result is highly personal, talky, clunky and somehow engrossing.

April 17, 2009 Full Review Source: New York Post | Comment
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Perestroika is a curious combination of documentary and fiction, politics and science, sophisticated structure and incompetent drama.

April 17, 2009 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
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The film, which opened March 20 in Los Angeles, is unwieldy, overstuffed and at times hopelessly clunky, yet it's also touchingly funny, visually arresting and somehow a consistent joy to watch.

March 23, 2009 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
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Perestroika asks, with a philosophical shrug of the shoulders: Why not try to be optimistic?

March 20, 2009 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | Comment
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Has stylish visuals and a provocative, imaginative screenplay, but occasionally drags and feels convoluted with too many irritatingly awkward moments that lack an emotional core.

April 20, 2009 Full Review Source: NYC Movie Guru | Comment
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Too much science-babble obscures the truth of Perestroika. The tragedy of the aftermath would have made a better story unvarnished.

April 17, 2009 Full Review Source: Monsters and Critics | Comment
Monsters and Critics

The Russians have a word for it: Nyet.

April 17, 2009 Full Review Source: Film Threat | Comment
Film Threat

Alternately fascinating and boring, ultimately confusing, yet heartfelt film by a Russian expatriate about returning to the homeland after Gorbachev.

April 16, 2009 Full Review Source: Film Journal International | Comment
Film Journal International

A nuanced and fascinating film about a Russian scientist's journey home to Moscow after living in the United States for 17 years.

April 15, 2009 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | Comment
Spirituality and Practice

Thought-provoking, if not wholly satisfying, "Perestroika" is a deconstructionist filmic stew to be savored without expectation in order to enjoy its laissez-faire reality.

April 12, 2009 Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | Comment
ColeSmithey.com

one of the year's strangest and most compelling narratives.

March 19, 2009 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | Comment
Filmcritic.com

On the evidence of his new movie, Slava Tsukerman, who made the 1982 cult movie Liquid Sky, would make a brilliantly entertaining dinner guest.

March 19, 2009 Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | Comment (1)
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