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Balloon

Ballon

2018

Michael Herbig

Friedrich Mücke, Karoline Schuch, Alicia von Rittberg, David Kross ...

6.4

1,315

Thriller. Drama Ballon is a German thriller that deals with the crossing of the inner German border of the families Strelzyk and Wetzel from the GDR to West Germany with a homemade hot-air balloon.

	Media	Author	Review
		Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"There is nothing objectionable about Michael Bully Herbig’s glossy political thriller, 'Balloon,' but there’s nothing particularly exciting about it, either"
		Phil Hoad The Guardian	"How Herbig fails to capitalise on the sheer physical terror of their flight (...) makes you wish someone like Werner Herzog had mounted this mad escapade for real (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"While the current film proves competent in its storytelling, it fails to fully capitalize on the inherent power of the real-life events that inspired it"
		Michael Nordine The Wrap	"[It] plays out with such unconvincing drama that you might be left wondering whether its based-on-a-true-story subject matter would have been better served by a documentary."
		Paul Byrnes Sydney Morning Herald	"The film is a solid political thriller, with good edge-of-the-seat tension if you don't mind everything slightly over-cooked (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Tara Brady Irish Times	"This misconceived cold war drama fails to find any contemporary relevance (...) One can’t help but feel as if 'Balloon' is going for Hollywood, but drifting just wide (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Tomris Laffly Variety	"A competently made political thriller that sadly mines for suspense in all the wrong places."

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