Indistinguishable footprints on a well-trodden path

Rating: 4/10 (24 February 2019)

Cold War is about an incredulous love story between a Polish peasant girl and a talented musician in 1950's communist Europe. The uninspiring and dull story spreads over 15 years with Poland in the background stage. This is a theme which has been told countless times in the movie history. While J. Kulig displays some decent acting, T. Kot looks bored, aloof and nowhere near the passionate lover he's cast for. The black and white cinematography only makes the movie too artsy putting the style over substance. The story telling is choppy, jumpy and documentary style which fails to engage the audience. A lot of interesting details are glossed over and happen off the screen. Although the story involves stages in Paris, Berlin and Yugoslavia, the pace is slow and sleepy. The nomination for the best foreign movie Oscar is a big exaggeration for this snoozefest.