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alexdamacenoOct 17, 2016

Here in Brazil we're used to separate "movies" from "Brazilian movies" - because of our ongoing struggle with low quality productions and all its cliches. In most cases, the comedies are often silly and an extension of our unfunny TVHere in Brazil we're used to separate "movies" from "Brazilian movies" - because of our ongoing struggle with low quality productions and all its cliches. In most cases, the comedies are often silly and an extension of our unfunny TV productions. And dramas usually portrays either violence at the favelas or some sad, also violent story, taking place at a very poor part of our northeast area.

"Aquarius" throws away all these cliches and it's just a great movie, period. Not a great Brazilian movie, but a great universal movie, telling a very compelling story about our society as a whole, with all its characteristics and, mostly, its flaws. And in its core it's a story about how part of our elite usually behaves and how the other part (who doesn't care about being elite) reacts.… Expand

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MARCIOTREOct 14, 2016

An experience! Nothing in this movie must be forgotten: narrative, soundtrack and, of course, Sonia Braga. It is my best movie this year. So far. WOW!!

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GFactorOct 20, 2016

Infelizmente um dos melhores filmes do ano que será injustiçado e não concorrerá ao Oscar por motivos políticos, muito triste! Sônia Braga prova mais uma vez seu poder como atriz! Elenco, roteiro, fotografia e direção, impecável!

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VGabrielAug 7, 2017

Aquarius é um daqueles filmes que levam a pensar sobre o presente. Sonia Braga é esplêndida. Não há trilha sonora original, porém é exatamente esse o foco do filme, se abraçar na MPB brasileira e descrever as cenas com riquíssimos detalhes. ÉAquarius é um daqueles filmes que levam a pensar sobre o presente. Sonia Braga é esplêndida. Não há trilha sonora original, porém é exatamente esse o foco do filme, se abraçar na MPB brasileira e descrever as cenas com riquíssimos detalhes. É um filme inesquecível.… Expand

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VGabrielLMSep 26, 2017

Sonia Braga é a alma desse filme, merecia um Oscar viu academia cotada. Felizmente rainha vai dominar tudo ai nos estrangeiro, Sonia Braga meu amor, aceitem,. Buy Joanne on iTunes!

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GreatMartinNov 4, 2016

"Aquarius" is a slow moving 2 hour and 22 minute movie that would have been a very interesting hour and 45 minute movie. Director, and screenplay writer, Kleber Mendonca Filho puts in too many unnecessary scenes that add nothing to the film"Aquarius" is a slow moving 2 hour and 22 minute movie that would have been a very interesting hour and 45 minute movie. Director, and screenplay writer, Kleber Mendonca Filho puts in too many unnecessary scenes that add nothing to the film or plot except to tell us more than we need to know about Clara, who is at the center of the film. There is a scene at a cemetery, another of Clara's grandbaby running around nude and still another of a couple having sex on a beach not to forget an explicit orgy scene.

The story is basically of Clara who is the last tenet who owns an apartment in a building that a developer wants to tear down and make a tower of condos. She is comfortable with her life and has no desire to sell, move, uproot the life she has. We learn about Clara's daily life whether going for a swim every morning at the beach across the street, her battle with cancer that has left her scarred, he daughter recently divorced, one son who is gay and another son who is the father of her favorite grandson, having a night out with girlfriends, a possible romantic encounter that doesn't work out, a 'escort' that does plus her work as a music journalist writing books along with relatives and friends from the past and present. At the same time there is the story of the developer and his grandson trying at first to buy her out and then taking other methods.

Along the way there are discussions about how skin color affects lives in Brazil, where the picture takes place, as society gets into business and education can make a man's grandson think he the smartest one of making decisions to move things along. There are the children who who think the mother is making a selfish decision in not selling the house and her housekeeper/friend who lost her son a year before. And folks we haven't even touched upon the lifeguard, the church group and things going on inside and out side the building and Clara's apartment.

What makes "Aquaruis" special, a film to watch, is the performance by Sonia Braga who lets you know everything about the woman by the way she walks, talks, treats others, dresses, laughs, deals with problems, listens to music and shows love to family, friends and life. Braga defines the camera falling in love with a face.

Watching "Aquarius" I wished there was a fast forward button if for no other reason than to get past the cemetery scene and the three others mentioned in the first paragraph.… Expand

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TVJerryOct 24, 2016

This is a showcase for Sonia Braga. She plays a widow who staunchly goes thru life with family and friends (and some flashbacks). She's the last resident of her building and won't sell to the owners, who want to replace it with a luxuryThis is a showcase for Sonia Braga. She plays a widow who staunchly goes thru life with family and friends (and some flashbacks). She's the last resident of her building and won't sell to the owners, who want to replace it with a luxury residence. Her refusal serves as the conflict around which her daily life takes place. There are lots of little moments, quiet observations and an ambiguous ending, typical of foreign cinema. Braga is wonderful to watch, which is good since this film is more about character than plot. In subtitles.… Expand

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DudleiOct 21, 2016

"Aquarius" is one of those masterpieces that, weeks after you have seen the movie, still haunts you. Every little detail in the movie is so well built and important. Nothing is useless here.