Serena

  • 2015


MOVIE IS american emotional romantic ambitious beautiful
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19 %
16 % Rotten
$ 5 Million
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Positive Reviews 20
Negative reviews 52
Average Rating 2.1/5
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1.5
Then again, they didnt have much hope of shining in this dismal, soapy black hole. Den Of Geek
2.0
There is a gripping love story trying to get out of Serena, yet mediocre performances, tedious pacing and pedestrian screenwriting dilute the storys i .. We Got This Covered
2.0
We dont invest anything in either character, and with barely any tension, Serena grabs neither head nor heart. Time Out
3.0
There is a hint of Cold Mountain to its glorious outdoors backdrop and its lush and intense romance, but the core drama is more primal and the film le .. Screen Daily
1.5
If nothing else, Serena offers welcome continuity for fans of Lawrence and Coopers onscreen partnership. Vulture
1.8
What remains in 2015 is a strangely edited, weirdly paced and increasingly odd story that feels so removed from its origins its practically absent of .. Paste Magazine
1.3
But as the narrative gets darker and death enters this little world, Bier loses the romantic, old fashioned filmmaking style, and the entire affair ju .. Rogerebert
2.3
No wonder the films engine stalls.If the movie still has any power to surprise or delight, itll be largely because audiences familiar with Lawrence an .. IGN
4.0
Lawrence is superb and on ground familiar from her debut in Winters Bone. Ny Daily News
2.5
Coming from director Susanne Bier, SERENA is a fairly opulent production boasting high production values and absolutely gorgeous visuals courtesy of B .. JoBlo
3.1
The answer, it seems, is simply to stand back and hope chemistry will do its own work. The Globe And Mail
1.9
If one is out there, its likely touched by the devil, and will end up hunting you..Foreshadowing, anyone Philly
2.2
Indeed, for all its seriousness and high class production values, Serena is a different sort of hustle, one that promises, on the basis of its cast an .. One Guys Opinion
2.5
A period piece that offered most of those involved a chance to try something new on the screen, it just lies there, a blood stained bore that never qu .. Rogers Movie Nation
2.8
The duo has created magic before in hits such as Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle, reinforcing their fluid chemistry and gift with sharp ba .. Blu Ray
2.0
This logging drama is as turgid as the mud that surrounds the forest camp in 1930s North Carolina, despite the fragrant presence of Lawrence as the ne .. The Times
2.0
But after two hours of Fury, a film about an American tank and its contents, I realise there was only one man really there and that man was the ripped .. The Times
3.0
Elegant but underdeveloped, Serena feels like the bare bones of a magnificent tragedy. Radio Times
3.0
The film boasts sumptuous production values, rekindling memories of Michael Ciminos Heavens Gate.Unfortunately, it soon becomes weighed down by its ow .. Independent
1.3
They will survive.Audiences forced to endure the 109 coma inducing minutes of Serena should bring an e book or a soft pillow. Rolling Stone
3.3
Densely packed and gorgeously expressionist, the old fashioned tragedy is very nearly a satisfying experience despite its various shortcomings. The Wrap
2.5
The movie is a lugubrious period piece in which the production values and the costumes are the true stars.If youre wondering why the new Bradley Coope .. Cs Monitor
2.0
Adapted from Ron Rashs best selling novel, the film is unremarkably helmed by Danish director Susanne Bier (Academy Award winner for In A Better World .. Film Journal
3.0
It all leads to disaster.Intriguingly, Bier has created a kind of Macbeth noir atmosphere. The Guardian
3.0
Much of the gutsiness of the original Appalachian tale is lost in this convoluted adaptation, but Jennifer Lawrence gives a virtuoso performance Oscar .. The Guardian
3.5
Shot in Prague by Danish director Susanne Bier in 2012, Serena is only now slipping quietly into cinemas internationally. Smh
3.5
The performances are fine within the limits of the barely motivated characters.Rhys Ifans easily walks away with the picture, but that may be because .. Mountain X
2.5
Serena may be an overwrought melodrama, but its also a visual treat. Reel Talk Reviews
2.5
(Its based on Ron Rashs best seller, though it feels more like an awkward stew of Nicholas Sparks and Cormac McCarthy.) Ew
2.0
Yet it is so convoluted, so bogged down by its own sense of worth, that it simply collapses under its own weight. Flim List
2.0
Instead you watch an inexorable spiral of awfulness the same involuntarily fascinated way you might peek through your fingers at a crash.Commercially .. Empire
1.3
Call Serena a bleak and mournful slice of Danish deja vuand head in the opposite direction. Observer
1.0
Nothing seems to fit, and plot pieces dont gel.Its unclear, for instance, whether George and Serenas devotion is a sign of tender compassion or obsess .. Common Sense Media
3.8
Even with a strong director keeping things in balance, Lawrence might have made a lesser co star disappear. Sf Gate
4.0
Susanne Biers new film, set in 1929, marks the third pairing of Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, after Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustl .. New Yorker
1.5
Filmed in 2012 and finally limping into theaters like a glamorous zombie, the movie has star wattage but zero emotional voltage. Time
1.3
But this film has the duos light and charming chemistry on the brain, and it cant reconcile Rashs apocalyptic tenderness with its own eagerness to rev .. Slant Magazine
1.3
Marion Cotillard as Gabrielle, a woman in a loveless marriage, and Alex Brendemuhl as Jose in the French romance From the Land of the Moon, which came .. Washington Post
1.0
Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence will probably get a lot of grief and negative reviews for Serena, but this isnt the kind of fiasco you can entire .. The New York Times
3.0
Serena is an undoubtedly handsome production with some beautiful cinematography from Morten Soborg. Express
2.0
Biers film is far from being the disaster some early buzz suggested, but it is a major disappointment considering all the talent involved. The Film Stage
1.9
It must have looked great on paper.On screen, its a soapy mess that even Joan Crawford in her delusional late period prime couldnt save. Boston Globe
2.5
It is a nice looking film but lacks those qualities good story telling, direction and acting that would elevate it above mediocre. Reeling Reviews
2.5
What starts out as solid romantic melodrama almost Golden Age of Hollywood stuff gets so crazy so fast in so many ways. Flickfilosopher
2.0
The costumes are all lovely and Morten Soborgs camerawork is exquisite. The Irish Times
1.2
Instead, its just a mess, and one that never finds a reason to justify its own existence. Blogs Indie Wire
2.0
Every bit as exciting as a story of lumber milling in Depression era America sounds, Susanne Biers adaptation of Ron Rashs 2008 novel starts off dull .. Total Film
3.0
The body count rises.Filmed in the picturesque forests of the Czech Republic, Serena is a handsomely mounted yarn with high production values. Hollywood Reporter
4.5
This is a winner, an atmospheric thriller with terrific performances and outstanding production values. Tony Medley
1.0
Several months before Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence would become bona fide movie stars with the late 2012 release of Silver Linings Playbook, t .. Los Angeles Times
1.0
Marketing for the film is already positioning it as a throwback romance in the Cold Mountain vein, with understandably heavy emphasis on Lawrence and .. Variety
1.9
Instead of engaging with those ideas or others, instead of locating hard truths of the human condition, Serena lumbers through the motions. Groucho Reviews
1.8
Serena is inconsequential, stilted, and likely being shoved out right now on streaming services due to Cooper and Lawrence starring in the two highest .. Consequence Of Sound
2.0
Its a shame as the narrative bears so much promise, with a protagonist that bears shades of Lady Macbeth. Hey U Guys
2.5
The message is as diffuse this time as the mist that shrouds Waynesville, which cameraman Morten Soborg shoots in a way that inadvertently serves as v .. The Star
2.2
Cooper is game but not fierce or conflicted enough; Lawrence doesnt get deep enough to pull anyone along on her spiral into madness. Oregon Live
2.0
Adapted from a bleak period novel by Ron Hash, it is not the dark themes that detract but the lack of sympathy that we have for its characters.The bea .. Urban Cine File
3.0
Bier is digging hard for something deep and yet, at the point when you should be reaching for the hankie, its only because of so much sweaty desperati .. Digital Spy
1.5
The choppily edited and thoroughly wooden Serena fails to catch fire, even when everything literally goes up in flames. Basically, its Cold Mountain w .. New York Post
2.5
The performances are measured and the characters interesting enough, but Lawrence and Cooper fail to light up the screen as weve seen them do together .. Nz Herald
1.0
How could reteaming Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper go wrong In a word Serena. Flicks
2.0
Youve got a fantastic cast, with Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper having proven onscreen chemistry, yet the film sat on a shelf for almost two yea .. Independent Ie
1.3
Image: Magnolia Pictures Its puzzling to consider what went wrong with Serena, a film that on paper should have been great or at least tolerably amusi .. Christianity Today
1.0
Rather, 109 minutes worth of scenes and sequences have been cobbled together into a story of American empire building that makes narrative sense, more .. Wsj
2.5
Its closer to dark clouds of misery, as one of Hollywoods hottest couples lumbers through a lumbering lumber epic that saws only zzzs. Patriot Ledger
2.0
Lawrence and Cooper have a successful onscreen record together (in David ORussells Oscar bothering American Hustle and Silver Linings Playbook), but t .. Scmp
2.0
In the endmuch like the end of Biers other workthe gulf between the high emotional pitch and the lack of any meaningful commentary on the period is ac .. The Dissolve
0.0
This here is a violent Southern soap with delusions of respectability, and its a pity it tried to put on such fancy airs.It might have been fun. Sandiego Reader
2.0
But its still dull.Filmed between Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle, its a wannabe retro tale of capitalism undone by hubris, only more stud .. Metro New York
1.0
Some novels just shouldnt be adapted for film.Nobody sets out to make a bad movie. Sbs
2.5
All the elements are in play for a crackling good, Macbeth like tale about ambitious but fatally flawed characters, but the erratic screenplay by Chri .. Mercury News
1.5
Maybe its because neither ever seems passionate.Despite their collaborations together, Cooper and Lawrence manage to have next to no chemistry. Under The Radar Mag
1.0
Considering how well Cooper and Lawrence meshed in Silver Linings Playbook, Serenas inert central dynamic underlines the fact that chemistry is as muc .. The Daily Beast
2.0
Cooper is just adrift, exhibiting none of the canny underplaying that made his American Sniper performance such a career transforming revelation.His P .. Movie Mezzanine
3.0
The overwrought finale is more likely to raise unintentional laughs than jerk any tears. Daily Star
3.5
In the meantime, youre left with a lot of dark rooms and foggy bogs.It is a film about art and artists with no visual imagination and emotional heat, .. Grant Land
2.5
Well, Serena isnt great, but its better than the lousy reputation that precedes it. Sf Weekly
1.5
But unfortunately, while Serena has some fine acting, the story is choppy and melodramatic, the pacing is way too slow and none of the characters is p .. Vulture
3.1
But if the worst you can say about a movie is that its not very involving, thats hardly a disaster. Am Ny
1.9
The film looks great, to be sure, but you cant help but feel as though everyone making the movie tried so hard to make it important that it simply isn .. Ut Sandiego
2.0
None of that comes through in the film.The characters are blandly likeable despite doing terrible things, there is a real lack of tension or menace ev .. Standard Net Au
2.5
As a portrait of a particular moment in American history, when industry was rising from the ashes of the Depression and reassessing values, Serena is .. O Canada
1.5
Serena is simply a one off botch, signifying nothing about the value of VOD or its stars undiminished red hotness. Seattle Weekly
2.5
The dialogue is lacking, the chemistry is lacking, the whole raison detre is lacking. La Movie Boeuf Wordpress
1.5
So does the film itself, though it moves glacially for a good hour even when Lawrence wows us with her sparkling fangs. Signature Reads
1.5
The rest of this trite tale youve already seen many times before. Wbai Radio Women Blog Spot ..



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