Seberg

R

Released Dec 13, 2019

1 hr. 43 min.

Biography

History

Drama

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In the late 1960s, French new wave actress and "Breathless" star Jean Seberg becomes the target of the FBI due to her support of the civil rights movement and her romantic involvement with Hakim Jamal -- a Black Panther activist. She soon finds her life and career in jeopardy as the overreaching surveillance and harassment starts to take a toll on everything she holds dear.

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Critics Consensus

Seberg's frustratingly superficial treatment of a fascinating true story does a disservice to its subject -- and Kristen Stewart's performance in the central role.

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Allan C

Kristen Stewart is brilliantly cast as Jean Seberg, a real-life American actress who became an icon following performances in the 1960s French New Wave classic film BREATHLESS and later returning to Hollywood. Stewart really does look just as 1960s chic and as glamorous as the real-life Seberg, with her pixie cut and impeccable fashion, though that glamour is tempered with unexpected depth and tortured inner turmoil. However, while SEBURG shines when it comes to spot-on period details and color, it falls flat when it comes to the character's dramatic arc. It's an interesting true-life story of how the FBI targeted Seberg for her liberal political views, but the film fails to present the story in any sort of meaningful or insightful manner outside of "the man" shutting down dissent at the expense of the individual. Steward carries the film and is fantastic as Seberg, but that's really the only reason to watch the film.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/22/23

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Rosana B

A cada biografia feminina que assisto temas a mais absoluta certeza que nascer mulher é uma provação desde sempre, que biografia perfeita, sobre uma mulher maravilhosa, bem sucedida, porém infeliz, uma atriz linda e corajosa, Seberg, apoiava publicamente e financiava a causa dos Panteras Negras, e por isso condenada a "Lista Negra", grampos, perseguições e calúnias, triste, tipo o da Marilyn Monroe, vale a pena para quem curte biografia, eu a desconhecia… Kristen S2... Revoltate e Apaixonante…

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

11/14/22

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Audience Member

Kristen Stewart is excellent. For me, this is her best career performance! (Her performance in Spencer is unbelievable, but here it's even better!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Audience Member

A surprisingly disappointing movie. From the low budget production, to Benedict Andrews mushy directing style. Kristen Stewart is beautiful but totally miscasted, despite the best efforts of the costume, hair and makeup department, she seemed incapable to channel the À bout de Souffle's Jean Seberg with her very limited acting abilities.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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jaime h

unwatchable awful... total shit show of absurd delusional filmmaking

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Outstanding performance by Kirsten Stewart.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Benedict Andrews

Director

Kristen Stewart

Jean Seberg

Jack O'Connell

Jack Solomon

Anthony Mackie

Hakim Jamal

Margaret Qualley

Linette

Zazie Beetz

Dorothy Jamal

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Richard Roeper

Chicago Sun-Times

Kristen Stewart does fierce work as the radicalized '60s actress, but the biopic too often wanders elsewhere.

Rated: 1.5/4

Feb 29, 2020

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Josh Kupecki

Austin Chronicle

Seberg's life was quite interesting, but alas, this film is not, and that's a shame, because she was so much more than the girl in that iconic shirt wandering Paris with Jean-Paul Belmondo.

Rated: 2.5/5

Feb 27, 2020

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Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

"Seberg" provides a chance from Stewart to move from hubris and naïvete, to fear and paranoia, and finally to a kind of fragmentation.

Rated: 3/4

Feb 24, 2020

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Serena Seghedoni

Loud and Clear Reviews

Kristen Stewart and Jack O'Connell excel in Benedict Andrews' "love song" to Jean Seberg.

Rated: 3.5/5

Oct 30, 2023

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M.N. Miller

Ready Steady Cut

As insightful as the shallow end of a swimming pool

Rated: 2/5

Aug 28, 2022

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

“Seberg” taps into the enigma that was Jean Seberg but doesn’t go much further than that.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 25, 2022

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Synopsis

In the late 1960s, French new wave actress and "Breathless" star Jean Seberg becomes the target of the FBI due to her support of the civil rights movement and her romantic involvement with Hakim Jamal -- a Black Panther activist. She soon finds her life and career in jeopardy as the overreaching surveillance and harassment starts to take a toll on everything she holds dear.

Director: Benedict Andrews
Executive Producer: Philip W. Shaltz, Joe Shrapnel, Stephen Spence, Dan Spilo, Naima Abed, Emilie Georges, Marsha L. Swinton, Peter Touche, Anna Waterhouse
Screenwriter: Joe Shrapnel, Anna Waterhouse
Distributor: Amazon Studios
Production Co: Nelly Films, Automatik, Phreaker Films, Ingenious Media
Rating: R (Sexual Content/Nudity|Language|Some Drug Use)
Genre: Biography, History, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 13, 2019, Limited
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Feb 21, 2020
Release Date (Streaming): May 16, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA): $413.8K
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos, Datasat
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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