Bergen (2022)
31KBergen (2022). 2h 25m
“The life of Bergen is heartbreaking. The fact that the movie draws attention to her life and the injustice in violence against women is exceptionally valuable. It points out the absurd reality of a dangerous, unstable man, a murderer, not being locked up in prison today. I respect this movie for that.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHowever, there are some things that bother me with the movie. First of all, I donu0026#39;t think jumping from one scene to another was the way to go when making a biopic. We donu0026#39;t see the reasons behind Bergenu0026#39;s decisions. Regardless those decisions were wise or not, the filmmakers should have revealed her reasons and closed the gaps to let the audience empathize with her and not misunderstand her so that maybe we wouldnu0026#39;t have heard idiotic comments like u0026quot;she had it comingu0026quot;. What made her change her mind? Was she afraid? Was she punishing herself for something? Everybody has reasons and unfortunately hers were not really included in her own biographical film. I guess some fictional and dramatic additions to her real story were more important than the reasoning. Second, I really wish they had gone for another actor for the main role. Farah Zeynep could not reflect Bergenu0026#39;s character and mannerisms well enough in my opinion. She is rather just herself dressed in 80u0026#39;s clothes but still acting and speaking like a complete millennial. I didnu0026#39;t see her capturing an emotion, she basically overacts everytime the character is happy, which keeps her performance from being realistic. Also, there is so much yelling in her dialogues with her mother that it actually hurt my ears.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAlthough the story could have been handled better, I think this movie is definitely worth seeing. I appreciate the producers and the crew for their dedication to draw attention to this story and thereby stories like this, which is what matters at the end of the day. I also think the makeup u0026amp; costume department deserves a big credit. The accuracy of period makeup and hair was just spot on.”
