'Sergio,' the biopic about U.N. legend Sergio Vieira de Mello, isn't a portrait of a saint or a sinner—more like a real-life superhero. Read Peter Travers' review
on April 17th, is history brought to life, with a few extra bells, whistles, and caveats. Director Greg Barker, working from a frustratingly soft script by Craig Borten, takes dramatic license with his own 2009 documentary on. No matter. Barker’s dips into hagiography and romantic sentiment don’t deter his goal to dig deeper into the psyche of this troubleshooting martyr for world peace. A journalist once described Sergio as “a cross between James Bond and Bobby Kennedy.” Exactly.
As played with charismatic intelligence and warm wit by Wagner Moura , Sergio emerges as the U.N.’s go-to guy, a peacemaker who did negotiate with terrorists if he thought it necessary. He also reveled in getting his hands dirty by working in the field, and bristled at suggestions that he was a cover for U.S. global policies. We’re introduced to the man, then the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, as he lays dying amid the rubble after the bombing of the U.N.
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