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Tomek D @SzybkiSeans Sep 15, 2026 Terry Gilliam's Brazil remains one of cinema's most distinctive dystopias because its system isn't terrifyingly efficient – it's terrifyingly incompetent. A simple typo can destroy an innocent man's life, yet nobody is responsible because everyone has followed the correct procedure. That idea makes Brazil feel increasingly relevant in a world of automated decisions, algorithms and bureaucracies where the person you're speaking to may recognise the mistake but still be unable to correct it. Jonathan Pryce makes Sam Lowry both sympathetic and tragically passive, while Michael Palin is wonderfully disturbing as a friendly family man for whom torture is simply another day at work. Robert De Niro's renegade repairman is perhaps the film's funniest idea: in a society obsessed with procedure, a man capable of fixing something without permission becomes a terrorist. See more Robert P @Superbad Sep 9, 2026 I just love this movie, nothing really makes sense! See more Chris T @EdDantes34 Sep 8, 2026 Masterpiece!!! 10/10 See more Fernando M @RT76471198 Jun 24, 2026 The first time I watched Brazil, it was recommended by a friend who doesn’t have the slightest idea about cinema, directors, or any of that. Yet, in my ranking, it’s among the three best films I’ve ever seen. Gilliam creates, from scratch, a retro-futuristic atmosphere with a pessimistic, totalitarian style. I think Helpmann might be my favorite character. "Beginner’s luck," "Bad losers," and lines like that, delivered with such a complete disconnect from reality, simply drive me crazy. The production design and sets are absolutely mesmerizing. De Niro’s Harry Tuttle vanishing before the machinery of bureaucracy, Bob Hoskins as the quintessential loser, Sam’s cynical mother… I’ve seen this film countless times, and I’m sure I’ll see it countless times more. Why 4½ tomatoes instead of 5? Because I would’ve loved a prequel about Helpmann and Sam’s father, supposedly old friends. And because, for someone like me, handing out 5 tomatoes doesn’t come easy. Simple as that. See more Ben W @Username618 Apr 25, 2026 Did nothing for me, honestly. See more André Ferreira F @andre_f Mar 21, 2026 Um pouco difícil de perceber. Requer a atenção total do espectador. As atuações são ótimas e o mundo que o Terry Gilliam cria é fenomenal. Talvez o filme peca por ser "demasiado curto": merecia uma maior exploração deste universo. (avaliação: 7.5/10) See more Read all reviews

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