Review of Serena (2014) by Jluis_001 — 05 Sep 2017

Serena is not a bad movie in its execution, unfortunately her melodrama feels too much created and processed becoming irrelevant and tedious.

This review of Serena (2014) was written by Jluis_001 on 05 Sep 2017.

Serena has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Vadim Rizov (155) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 25 Mar 2015

Played as a kind of constant wake, grimly marching on to tragedy, Serena is hurt by relentless applications of Johan Söderqvist’s unimaginatively…

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By Cath Clarke (570) for Time Out London (344) on 20 Oct 2014

We don’t invest anything in either character, and with barely any tension, Serena grabs neither head nor heart…

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By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 27 Mar 2015

It’s a flat-out disaster, the kind of film that its cast and crew hope gets buried as quickly as possible as they race to move on to other projects…

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By Jeff Baker (191) for Portland Oregonian (2,019) on 01 Apr 2015

Bier's direction seems tentative, unsure whether to go all-in on the pulpier aspects of the story or play it straight…

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By Mattbrady99 (654) on 27 Mar 2015

Talking about a big backfire this movie was, I mean just wow…

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By Serena Donadoni (158) for Village Voice (8,525) on 24 Mar 2015

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By Thedude- (114) on 12 Jun 2015

Serena doesn't work because Bradley cooper and Jennifer Lawrence do not have any chemistry also the plot is uninteresting and the dialogue…

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By Oliver Lyttelton (141) for The Playlist (3,871) on 20 Oct 2014

The film isn't bad enough to be some kind of potential cult classic: it's tedious, with even the stranger moments and plot developments failing…

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