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Ian Vorley
4Aug11
This film represents one of those moments when you realise how much more cinema can be in the right hands. Amongst the finest cinematic experiences I have ever had. Some of the comments below bear out that this movie is not for everybody, however if you are prepared to give yourself over to it, it is incredibly rewarding. Beautiful, immersive, kind of disturbing and, yes, funny!
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Lucas Davies
20Jul11
This movie is absolutely atrocious. Long, dull, pretentious; the ridiculous gimmick of having long, long conversations between two people consisting of them looking straight into the camera and talking in a slow, monotone manner... Other than a couple of nice shots, there is NOTHING in the least bit redeemable.
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Juno Doran
6Mar11
is this film a joke?? watching it was a really painful experience. the dialogue is basic, boring, factual. action is irritatingly slow, the plot is confusing, the acting really stiff, lifeless, slow. nobody talks like that in Portugal. halfway through the film the sounds becomes out of sync. as for portraying Lisbon, it's more like a picture postcards for tourists than the real city. embarrassing.
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André Dias
6May10
a terribly unpleasent tourist postcard from Lisbon, something around Carlos Saura's FADOS and Manoel de Oliveira, only in the comic version of Herman José... first film about my hometown that makes me wan't to move out!... and I already have a title for an article I'll never write: ON THE WHITENESS OF MR. GREEN (go figure!)
Brad Scott
7Mar10
All set to screen Visconti's The Leopard at my local community cinema tonight and we had a power-cut, so I came home to watch The Portuguese Nun instead. Even with the distance of the gaze, it is a beautiful film. Maybe we should screen it in our village....
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