The film may not be a masterpiece but it is tender, truthful and acted with great sensitivity.
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07/10/09
Cloud 9 (2009)
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Reviews Counted:33
Fresh:30
Rotten:3
Average Rating:6.9/10
Consensus: A raw, intimate and emotional insight into romance for the superannuated featuring taboo-breaking insight into the sex-lives of the over 60s.
Rated: 15
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release:10-07-2009
Synopsis: A woman has to decide if she wants to stay with her husband after three decades together in this German drama with a comedic undertow. Inge (Ursula Werner) is an ordinary woman in her mid-60s who... [More]
Starring: Ursula Werner, Horst Rehberg, Horst Westphal, Steffi Kuehnert
Director: Andreas Dresen
Reviews for Cloud 9
This is a disarmingly tender human drama examining whether the elderly should prioritise lust or loyalty, shared memories or unforeseen adventures.
07/10/09
Top CriticPoignant, lightly philosophical and beautifully performed.
07/10/09
Top CriticCloud 9 is an impressively acted tale which avoids the traps of sentimentality and prurience.
07/10/09
Top CriticPassion, in this tender, intimate story, is ageless.
07/10/09
Top CriticThe sex scenes are arguably pedantic and even crude, but Cloud 9 is raw human drama, well acted.
07/10/09
Top CriticA quiet, insinuating film of rare emotional power and dramatic force that I haven’t been able to get out of my mind.
07/10/09
Top CriticA surprisingly poignant experience. You’ll never look at your granddad the same way again.
07/10/09
To its credit Cloud 9 doesn’t shy away from the physical intimacy experienced by its characters, nor the profound emotions which are unleashed by the extramarital affair.
07/10/09
Top CriticAs an in-your-face way of confronting ageism, it certainly does the trick, although I'm still feeling a bit queasy having just watched a granny drop her bloomers.
07/10/09
Director Andreas Dresen is so busy breaking taboos that he almost forgets to include a story.
07/10/09
Dresen's unpatronising focus upon a neglected generation almost contains the air of a radical experiment.
07/10/09
An unexpectedly gripping melodrama that draws you into the heart of a situation where no one emerges unscathed.
07/10/09
A moving, superbly acted drama about the breakdown of a marriage.
07/09/09
The result is a film in which age matters not at all and yet still matters hugely, and in which love is still a dream come true and an absolute mess.
10/09/09
Dresen shows the events with a matter-of-fact clarity and patience, with a lack of editing or obnoxious musical score; the tone is startlingly quiet.
09/10/09
This German melodrama has its share of problems (uncertain tone, unsatisfying closure), but in its many good moments, it offers a honest portrait of sex among the elderly, which is an almost taboo subject in American movies.
08/29/09
An otherwise routine look at a love triangle is passed with middling success through geriatric and Teutonic filters in this largely improvised drama from veteran German director Andreas Dresen.
08/28/09
Manages to be vital, wrenching and even humorous yet does not deny the omnipresence of mortality.
08/28/09
Top CriticMr. Dresen and his actors create an atmosphere of reckless vulnerability that’s immediately compelling and artistically intriguing. We want to explore this relationship further.
08/26/09
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