What most annoyed me the whole movie is the unnecessary love scenes. We got how much their relationship was important, but there were too many scenes to show it. Other thing is that some facts are wrong, just to make the love story "better".
97 Reviews
Lovely film
muamba_eats_toast18 April 2020
Important man, poor film
lourolocador18 April 2020
Ana de Armas
lareval27 August 2021
This movie does not give this important man justice.
SvenskMaori19 April 2020
I totally agree with the previous, short but to the point review, "Important man, poor film". I also thought that the sex scene, although beautiful in itself was not appropriate or necessary, in fact it felt to me more an intrusion of privacy. Sergio should've been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, even now, posthumously I think it would be very fitting for this great man of peace, independence and human rights.
good story reasonably casted actors
metintomas-6382217 April 2020
Covers important events in such a dull way
iamkeysersoze-1322817 April 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Sergio is one of those Netflix films which has so much potential but never delivers. It covers important events in such a dull way. It's rarely ever interesting despite the great performances.
I really don't think the non-linear narrative works in this film. I think the writing is weak whilst it covers the events well. It doesn't do it in the way which you learn stuff from the film. Maybe with better writers, the film would of worked better.
I did enjoy aspects of the film though. Some of it was interesting. However that's mainly due to Ana De Armas who is really great here. Wagna Moura and Armas really do save the film from being a complete disaster.
Overall despite being well made and well acted. The film fails to be a consistently enjoyable and informative film. It's not really worth watching, so don't go out of your way.
I really don't think the non-linear narrative works in this film. I think the writing is weak whilst it covers the events well. It doesn't do it in the way which you learn stuff from the film. Maybe with better writers, the film would of worked better.
I did enjoy aspects of the film though. Some of it was interesting. However that's mainly due to Ana De Armas who is really great here. Wagna Moura and Armas really do save the film from being a complete disaster.
Overall despite being well made and well acted. The film fails to be a consistently enjoyable and informative film. It's not really worth watching, so don't go out of your way.
I'd like to learn more about his career
amcavarero20 April 2020
At this moment, it's good to watch a biopic about someone that cares. Even slipping into the risk of glorification - Sergio was an icon, but we all know people aren't perfect - I would like to ser more about his career. The love story only survives because of the bond between actors Ana de Armas and Wagner Moura
Unnecessary dramatization of his love affair
aquasaif22 April 2020
Good biography
wel200522 April 2020
Some right wing brazilians are giving low rate to this movie only because Wagner Moura is the actor who plays Sergio and the producer. Besides a great actor and a human being he is active politically and fight against the bad decisions of our actual brazilian government, a terrible one. The movie, overall, is enjoyable, very well acted, delicate and a good introduction in the story of Sergio Vieira de Mello, another great human being. The soundtrack with Cartola and Caetano Velloso is a plus.
Emotional
shresthadavid27 April 2020
The movie shows the emotional side of a man responsible for historic moments and though it might not have fully captured the political parts, the melancholy presented in the movie makes the movie so appealing and can make sensitive people to cry at the end.
Just a Love story
dsgobba17 April 2020
You'll Leave Wanting to Float on the Water while Sunrays Warm You.
paulijcalderon19 April 2020
Another positively surprising film that I had no prior knowledge of. Yet I took the chance and let it play. "Sergio" gives an insight to the real life story of Sergio de Mello, a Brazilian diplomat who travels to Baghdad in 2003. On surface it's easy for movies like this to sideline the cinematic/emotional elements and get occupied to tell you all the information of the real life events. Although this is a case where the UN plot and the human plot nicely complimented each other - To the point where I got invested. While the opening didn't manage to engage me, it did get my interest. With some patience it eventually got my full attention. I loved how it was told non-linearly. Sergio looks back on his life as if he's recollecting his best times. All the while coping with a life threatening situation. The flashes back to the past are intentionally placed to be intrusive. In this case it clicked well with me. Because it places you in his perspective. Drifting from a flashing memory back to reality. The cinematography style is engaged with motivation in the flashbacks, while following a plainer "documentary" approach in present time. Which greatly strengthened the flashes of his life in the past. The ocean next to Rio de Janeiro is a strong recurring element. It represents his home, his freedom and his want to one day solely focus on the people he loves.
Wagner Moura and Ana De Armas pour their hearts into their respective roles. You can see that they live every moment of Sergio and Carolina's happiness. And that feeling of happiness and love transcended through the screen to me. In other words: I bought their depiction of the romance. I have to mention a scene where they both listen to a local woman in East Timor explaining her dreams. It's a beautiful poem that reminds us of how insignificant the material goals seem next to the purity of nature. Sergio is so taken by what he's heard that his response is to simply hug the woman and say "I understand". The whole movie wasn't able to keep this type of momentum up in every scene. Since you'll hit the conventional beats. It wasn't a perfect experience, but the splinters of the human spirit were still felt. Made me want to float on the water and feel the warmth of the Sunrays.
Wagner Moura and Ana De Armas pour their hearts into their respective roles. You can see that they live every moment of Sergio and Carolina's happiness. And that feeling of happiness and love transcended through the screen to me. In other words: I bought their depiction of the romance. I have to mention a scene where they both listen to a local woman in East Timor explaining her dreams. It's a beautiful poem that reminds us of how insignificant the material goals seem next to the purity of nature. Sergio is so taken by what he's heard that his response is to simply hug the woman and say "I understand". The whole movie wasn't able to keep this type of momentum up in every scene. Since you'll hit the conventional beats. It wasn't a perfect experience, but the splinters of the human spirit were still felt. Made me want to float on the water and feel the warmth of the Sunrays.
An amazing story told in a mediocre way
babarasghar17 April 2020
This could have been an amazing biography of modern times, some dialogues and scenes were amazing but there was no need to show nudity and t*t*.
I would have loved a linear story telling instead of time jumps which didnt quite connect to me.
Character building was bad however acting by Wagner Moura (also played Pablo Escobar) was amazing. He is a man full of expressions, he can express notonly from his eyes but his whole face. Carolina Larriera played by Ana de Armas didnt do justice, she was more of a distraction than any help but her last scene when she was crying was very emotional, but like i said, these time jumps n various stories from Vietnam to East Timor n Iraq were all over the place n disjointed. Wagner Moura still managed to do a marvelous job, every scene in which he was with people was truly inspirational.
Lets hope Wagner gets a better director in future.
Nice topic, bad director
grcharis2 February 2022
It happens that I serve the same Organisation as a staff member in the field and I felt that political dimensions were often oversimplified, plus there were many ''technical'' mistakes (from the colour of the plane to the way security staff perform the car security checks). On the directing side, there were too long dull moments for no reason and average acting. Nice soundtrack. 6 is maybe harsh but 7 is too high.
A shame. This could have been good.
SeatontheAisle22 October 2020
Very interesting decision to sideline so many great actors in this. Giving it 5 stars because so many great characters were wasted. Really wanted to know more about the rescue in the hole. The lingering shots on Moura's face while rescuers were blurry and inaudible was disappointing. I have a feeling if the actors knew that would be their fate they wouldn't have signed on. There's a huge, interesting part of the story lost. I don't know why Barker made this movie. His documentary was so much more interesting and complete.
Missing ingredient makes the punch a little less powerful.
joshbarton1517 April 2020
Sergio is a decent enough watch it just feels like it's missing something to take it to the next level of powerful filmmaking. Wagner Moura is very good in the lead role and Ana de Armas continues her impressive rise with another fine performance.
Not a way to present UN Agenda
asecuya20 April 2020
GREAT STORY WASTED IN SHALLOW SCRIPT OF ROMANCE
guilhermecoelhorocha-66-78721120 April 2020
Disappointed. Very.
Sorry, it was an OK, fairly entertaining, acceptable movie to watch, specially during quarantine isolation with little new content out there but really:
Such a great cast... GREAT CAST.... GREAT STORY... SHOULD have taken advantage, minimally, of how great his career was and have been told in a higher IQ way.
Wagner Moura is AN ABSURDLY TALENTED ACTOR. Ana de Armas is talented and pretty. Solid cast. And most importantly, Sergio de Mello was the most capable and brilliant diplomat I know and his INCREDIBLE career was by far more than just a shallow romantic involvement as STRONGLY focused by the fIlm.
Longing in many ways, wasted too much focus and screentime in the romance and nuances of it.
Sorry, it was an OK, fairly entertaining, acceptable movie to watch, specially during quarantine isolation with little new content out there but really:
Such a great cast... GREAT CAST.... GREAT STORY... SHOULD have taken advantage, minimally, of how great his career was and have been told in a higher IQ way.
Wagner Moura is AN ABSURDLY TALENTED ACTOR. Ana de Armas is talented and pretty. Solid cast. And most importantly, Sergio de Mello was the most capable and brilliant diplomat I know and his INCREDIBLE career was by far more than just a shallow romantic involvement as STRONGLY focused by the fIlm.
Longing in many ways, wasted too much focus and screentime in the romance and nuances of it.
What was that?
azizmalhas28 April 2020
Did they forget to add the actual story in the movie?
I was waiting for the movie to start but it did not; they should've at least warned us that this is a love movie and not even a good one.
Too bad for the good actors; they didn't even do well.
Sergio; sorry that your story wasn't shown the way it should be.
Sergio; sorry that your story wasn't shown the way it should be.
Not a detailed biography
Horror_Flick_Fanatic9 May 2020
Low on details of the man, and predominantly a romance story between two lovers. Beautifully photographed cinematography. I really do like these two actors, Wagner Moura and Ana de Armas. But the way they edited this film and put it together is extremely annoying. What I am talking about are the continuous switching between timelines. I would have preferred if they made the film in a linear timeline. I don't think this switching back and forth serves any purpose, artistic or story telling.
Tragedy of the Script
izeakyildiz19 April 2020
I feel that this movie is ruined in the screenwriter's hands. I should have watched some movies with terrible scripts but I am pretty sure these movies were not promising that much. A good subject , a good protagonist, enough budget, some good side actors but all is gone because of irritating, unrelated sometime even nonsense dialogues and stories are told by Sérgio. They were caring too much about the messages to be given with words more then acting. I also should add that, the love story in the movie was too divine in some point you may ask in a wonder if it was a movie about Sérgio's personal life with some political life background.
Sergio attempts but fails.
realalbertbarrios21 April 2020
Sergio is a failed attempt on making a real-life person actually interesting. This film is the most Netflix film I've seen so far. They take the real-life events that this person has gone for and just makes it into a two-hour love story in the middle of this man's life. Like there are many scenes where they are seen talking and starting to be in love, but there are more important details in his life that we could be watching instead. I was hoping it would be an actual political drama. Not a love story. Ana De Armas' performance was great. I thought she was great in the film. I previously saw her in Knives Out and thought she was amazing in it. This film also can raise awareness of the real-life diplomat. It was also semi-interesting throughout and it's watchable at times. Some problems like I said is the way it's presented. It's honestly baffling. We cut through the present and past. Just begin the film in the past and end in the present! Overall, it's just your average drama flick that isn't good nor bad. Just strange.
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