{"id":14239,"date":"2020-06-24T16:47:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T13:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nobody-knows-im-here-movie-review\/"},"modified":"2020-06-24T16:47:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T13:47:00","slug":"nobody-knows-im-here-movie-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nobody-knows-im-here-movie-review\/","title":{"rendered":"#Nobody Knows I&#8217;m Here Movie Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a373acd3cb55\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a373acd3cb55\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nobody-knows-im-here-movie-review\/#Odie_Henderson\" >Odie Henderson<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nobody-knows-im-here-movie-review\/#Nobody_Knows_Im_Here_2020\" >Nobody Knows I&#8217;m Here (2020)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Nobody Knows I&#8217;m Here<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.rogerebert.com\/uploads\/review\/primary_image\/reviews\/nobody-knows-im-here-movie-review-2020\/nobody-knows-im-here-movie-review-2020.jpg\"><\/img><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section>\n<section>\u201cNobody Knows I\u2019m Here\u201d tells the story of Memo (Jorge Garcia), a recluse hiding out with his uncle Braulio (Luis Gnecco) in a remote part of Chile. Memo likes breaking into people\u2019s houses for reasons unexplained, and would <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear to be on the autism spectrum though a line of dialogue negates that. He helps his uncle tend sheep while refusing any attempt to attend public events or be sociable. He barely even speaks to Braulio, who chides him about his anti-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> behavior and penchant for breaking and entering. At night, Memo occasionally dresses in the flashy outfits he makes and performs for an audience of one. Despite all these details, Memo remains something of an enigma for most of this Netflix release\u2019s runtime.<br \/><\/br><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<section>\n<section>\n<p>Of course, the reason for all this mystery is that Memo has a deep, dark secret. It\u2019s also a dull secret that will evoke memories of Milli Vanilli to anyone old enough to remember that band\u2019s infamy. Here\u2019s the part I can tell you: Back in his youth, Memo auditioned with a shady manager who loved his voice, but not the package that housed it. \u201cThis is about more than music,\u201d the manager tells Memo\u2019s father, Jacinto (Alejandro Goic). \u201cIt\u2019s about little girls\u2019 first sexual fantasies.\u201d There\u2019s a cruel, yet believable homage to Cyrano de Bergerac\u2019s dilemma in the manager\u2019s words. A more \u201cconventionally handsome\u201d boy is found to lip-sync using Memo\u2019s vocals, primarily on the potential hit \u201cNobody Knows I\u2019m Here.\u201d That song does for this film what the Wonders\u2019 titular ditty did for \u201cThat Thing You Do.\u201d Memo\u2019s dreams of becoming a big star are ruined because no one will know it\u2019s his vocals. Tragedy strikes.<\/p>\n<p>Back in the present, Memo\u2019s world is shaken by two events: the gruesome injury of Braulio and the arrival on his island of Marta (Millaray Lobos), the niece of Sergio (Nelson Brodt), the man who usually visits them with deliveries. \u201cYou\u2019re sweet on her,\u201d Braulio teases just before he gets hurt. Memo is so uncomfortable being on the mainland when it\u2019s teeming with people that he doesn\u2019t stay to learn of his uncle\u2019s fate once he\u2019s hospitalized. When Marta returns to the island with <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>, Memo completely ignores her until something forces a human response from him. \u201cThat color looks good on you,\u201d Marta says of the glittery polish on Memo\u2019s fingernails.<\/p>\n<p>When Marta comments on a book by famed celebrity Angelo Cassas (Gaston Pauls) on the coffee table, Memo reacts violently. To stop Marta from leaving, he sings to her. It\u2019s the first time we hear the adult Memo sing, and it\u2019s clear he could have had a successful career. Marta allows him to record a video to her phone, which she sticks on YouTube without his knowledge. The combination of Memo and that particular song brings the past out of the woodwork.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody Knows I\u2019m Here\u201d wants to make a statement about the harsh price of fame and the awful, hurtful machinations that settle the bill. It just takes too long to get these ideas into the plot thanks to the clich\u00e9d handling of its protagonist\u2019s dark past. The adult Memo clings to his dreams of stardom, stitching fabulous costumes to wear while his imagination ponders what could have been. But this is far from compelling, emotionally involving material because Memo\u2019s quirks play as mere eccentricities. By the time we realize that Memo\u2019s actions and reactions come from a deep well of trauma and guilt, the viewer&#8217;s patience may have run too thin to supply the necessary empathy.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<section>\n<section>\n<p>Director Gaspar Antillo occasionally untethers the film from reality, which isn\u2019t really a problem but it left me uncertain if the film\u2019s penultimate scene really happened. Additionally, the cinematography is often so dark that I could barely make out what was happening without watching multiple times. The art direction, however, is intriguing, making Braulio\u2019s house into a messy, lived-in character of its own that could convincingly house a grumpy old man and his introverted, tortured nephew. The Chilean landscape is also used to great effect here.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re wondering why Netflix would be promoting an arthouse film from Chile, you probably didn\u2019t recognize that Jorge Garcia is the same guy from the \u201cLost.\u201d I cop to not catching that at all, even if my brain kept telling me I\u2019d seen his face before, because I\u2019ve never seen an episode of \u201cLost.\u201d Being unfamiliar with his acting was probably a plus; Garcia is a big guy who can credibly hang either menace or wounded emotion from his frame. It\u2019s unfortunate the filmmakers don\u2019t give him much to play. By keeping Memo\u2019s true motivations hidden for so long, his pangs for stardom come off as shallow rather than steeped in a pain that\u2019s in desperate need of closure. I\u2019ve always believed that closure is overrated if not fully attainable, and if I\u2019m correct in reading its climactic scene as half-fantasy, half-reality, \u201cNobody Knows I\u2019m Here\u201d shares my sentiment. I remain unsure, but I do know this is one of those films where your satisfaction will be measured in terms of whether you found its hero fully realized as a character.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Odie Henderson\" src=\"https:\/\/static.rogerebert.com\/uploads\/user\/primary_image\/odie-henderson\/featured_odie_vienna.jpg\" title=\"Odie Henderson\"><\/img><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div><figcaption>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Odie_Henderson\"><\/span>Odie Henderson<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Odie &#8220;Odienator&#8221; Henderson has spent over 33 years working in Information <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technology<\/a>. He runs the blogs Big Media Vandalism and Tales of Odienary Madness. Read his answers to our Movie Love Questionnaire\u00a0here.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<section>\n<section> <\/section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Nobody Knows I'm Here movie poster\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" src=\"https:\/\/static.rogerebert.com\/uploads\/movie\/movie_poster\/nobody-knows-im-here-2020\/large_nobody-knows-poster.jpg\" title=\"Nobody Knows I'm Here movie poster\"><\/img><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Nobody_Knows_Im_Here_2020\"><\/span> Nobody Knows I&#8217;m Here (2020) <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p> 87 minutes <meta content=\"PT87M\" itemprop=\"duration\"><\/meta><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<section>\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<article target=\"_blank\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.rogerebert.com\/uploads\/blog_post\/primary_image\/mzs\/30-minutes-on-the-manchurian-candidate-2004\/thumb_Screen_Shot_2020-06-10_at_3.34.33_AM.png\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p> about 23 hours ago <\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<article target=\"_blank\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.rogerebert.com\/uploads\/blog_post\/primary_image\/streaming\/no-small-matter-a-documentary-on-americas-child-care-infrastructure-to-be-released-online-thursday-june-25th\/thumb_104410970_1803057279834851_1787663905023384767_o.jpg\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p> about 24 hours ago <\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<article target=\"_blank\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.rogerebert.com\/uploads\/blog_post\/primary_image\/tributes\/joel-schumacher-1939-2020\/thumb_schumacher.jpg\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p> 1 day ago <\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<article target=\"_blank\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.rogerebert.com\/uploads\/blog_post\/primary_image\/features\/revisiting-john-williams-score-for-jaws-45-years-later\/thumb_jaws-image.jpg\"><\/img><\/p>\n<p> 2 days ago <\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/nobody-knows-im-here-movie-review-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Like this articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Social Media category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>if you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch Movies<\/a> or Tv Shows go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/dizi.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a> <\/span> for forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Nobody Knows I&#8217;m Here&#8221; \u201cNobody Knows I\u2019m Here\u201d tells the story of Memo (Jorge Garcia), a recluse hiding out with his uncle Braulio (Luis Gnecco) in a remote part of Chile. 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