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  Review by Neto Cazeca ★★★★½ 14

  How to put Tarantino na sola da bota in a pernambucano's way!

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  Review by pelossii ★★★★★ 22

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  Review by Josh Lewis ★★★★ 7

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  Review by Chico Fireman ★★★★ 6

  "Vocês vieram conhecer o museu de Bacurau?", pergunta a dona do bar ao casal de forasteiros que respondem que não. "Este museu é muito bom", ela devolve. E é mesmo. Bom e esclarecedor. Aquela pequena casa, recheada de objetos, recortes e fotos, guarda não apenas o segredo da trama de "Bacurau", o filme, mas um aspecto essencial ao espírito do povo que vive na comunidade que o batiza (fictícia, mas muito próxima do real). Aqui, por mais que a embalagem seja o cinema de gênero, a base é bastante autêntica: a identidade do nordestino, o nordestino do interior, das pequenas cidades e povoados. E tudo no filme é de verdade: as estradas, o verde, as pessoas, as crianças, o sotaque,…

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  Review by davidehrlich ★★★★ 18

  In some respects, Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “Bacurau” can be seen as a logical continuation of the Brazilian critic-turned-auteur’s two previous features. Much like 2012’s revelatory “Neighboring Sounds,” for example, “Bacurau” is a patient and sprawling portrait of a Brazilian community as it struggles to defend itself against the dark specter of modernity. And much like 2016’s unshakeable “Aquarius,” “Bacurau” hinges on an immovably stubborn woman who refuses to relinquish her place in the world — who won’t allow our blind lust for the future to bury her meaningful ties to the past.

  In some respects, however, “Bacurau” marks something of a departure for its director (who shares his credit here with Juliano Dornelles). Whereas “Neighboring Sounds” relies on acoustics to…

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  Review by Karsten ★★★★ 37

  Truly one of the craziest emotional rollercoasters I’ve been on. I’ve already said too much, going in blind was the best idea. Udo Kier and Silvero Pereira have the best eyes.

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  Review by Josh Lewis ★★★★ 6

  A completely bonkers movie that begins as a Brazilian social drama, observing the townspeople's cultural rituals and impoverished conditions at the hand of a corrupt mayor with an almost western-inflected sense of community. Beautiful desert and mountain vistas interrupted by small character interactions and location detail that carry a sense of local history as well as their procedures for everyday resistance. But then a shift occurs. There are a few off-kilter tonal and formal details that signal it; a split diopter here, a wild zoom there, but the shift is sudden nonetheless (if you don't want to know more I would suggest not reading further), and by the end, this has somehow transitioned into a full-blown spaghetti western splatter comedy…

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  Review by demi adejuyigbe ★★★★ 5

  NZIFF FILM #8
  ME WALKING OUT OF THE THEATRE AFTER ‘BACURAU’: hm. well that was certainly overhyped. kind of feels fairly across the plate? maybe i’m missing something. it was fine
  ME AS I’M TRYING TO EXPLAIN THE STORY OF ‘BACARAU’ OUT LOUD: [slowly giggling more and more] lmao fuck that movie actually went so hard

  
  additional note: Thomas Aquino is the Brazilian Will Smith and I need this to be acknowledged by the future of his career.

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  Review by Lucy ★★★★ 9

  the less you know the better. i feel like i've already said too much even by saying nothing at all

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  Review by bel rodrigues ★★★★½ 1

  — quem nasce em bacurau é o que?
  — é gente.

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  Review by bela ★★★★½ 3

  O Brasil matou o Brazil. E foi lindo!

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  Review by Vitória ★★★★★ 2

  tarantino wants what kleber mendonça filho has