In a word, no, it's not.
I remember the Chernobyl incident from when I was young. I remember the culture of silence and secrecy from the USSR. So, being a Russian movie, I was curious to see whether things had changed and whether we'd get openness about the events in 1986. But we didn't learn anything new, especially that wasn't covered in the HBO series.
The movie was more a fictional depiction on what it could have been been like for one of the locals (a fire-fighter) who had to respond to the disaster and those people who were in his life, namely a former girlfriend and her son and the fire-fighter's questionable paternity
I enjoyed it for what it was. I thought the effects were good and the drama was convincing and well acted, never mind how accurate it was to history. I have to disagree with other reviewers who have given it 1 star and said what a terrible movie it was. Maybe their expectations were for something akin to the HBO series.
I remember the Chernobyl incident from when I was young. I remember the culture of silence and secrecy from the USSR. So, being a Russian movie, I was curious to see whether things had changed and whether we'd get openness about the events in 1986. But we didn't learn anything new, especially that wasn't covered in the HBO series.
The movie was more a fictional depiction on what it could have been been like for one of the locals (a fire-fighter) who had to respond to the disaster and those people who were in his life, namely a former girlfriend and her son and the fire-fighter's questionable paternity
I enjoyed it for what it was. I thought the effects were good and the drama was convincing and well acted, never mind how accurate it was to history. I have to disagree with other reviewers who have given it 1 star and said what a terrible movie it was. Maybe their expectations were for something akin to the HBO series.