{"id":482,"date":"2014-07-17T22:20:16","date_gmt":"2014-07-17T22:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=482"},"modified":"2026-09-12T14:01:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T18:01:37","slug":"no-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=482","title":{"rendered":"No-2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>No-2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director Pablo Larra\u00edn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Gael Garc\u00eda Bernal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #119<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/70243255.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1193\" src=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/70243255-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"70243255\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/70243255-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/70243255.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed July 17, 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: B<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No is a 2012 Best Foreign Language film nominee that centers around a Chilean ad executive&#8217;s campaign to oust a powerful Chilean dictator (Pinochet) from power circa 1988.<\/p>\n<p>The ad executive (played by Gael Garc\u00eda Bernal) struggles to create a powerful campaign to influence the media and the voters.<\/p>\n<p>The movie has a documentary-style look and is visually interesting.<\/p>\n<p>You experience firsthand how difficult it was to build a successful campaign amid the political unrest in Chile at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that the film is based on a true story adds a level of interest.<\/p>\n<p>While watching the film, it felt like 1988, and I felt transported back in time, unlike many period films where sets look dressed up for the period.<\/p>\n<p>A detraction of No (2012) was its painfully slow pace, which occasionally made it drag.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oscar Nominations:<\/strong> Best Foreign Language Film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No-2012 Director Pablo Larra\u00edn Starring Gael Garc\u00eda Bernal Scott&#8217;s Review #119 Reviewed July 17, 2014 Grade: B No is a 2012 Best Foreign Language film nominee that centers around a Chilean ad executive&#8217;s campaign to oust a powerful Chilean dictator (Pinochet) from power circa 1988. The ad executive (played by Gael Garc\u00eda Bernal) struggles to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=482\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">No-2012<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3620,192,286,35,213],"tags":[12642,12643,3360,7106,3681,3627],"class_list":["post-482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2012-films","category-chilean","category-dramas","category-historical-dramas","category-foreignfilms","category-foreign-dramas","tag-alfredo-castro","tag-antonia-zegers","tag-gael-garcia-bernal","tag-luis-gnecco","tag-pablo-larrain","tag-sergio-hernandez"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=482"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24444,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482\/revisions\/24444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}