Bacurau

Kino Lorber | Release Date: March 6, 2020

7.7	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 132 Ratings

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RodrigoBrunoNov 30, 2020

Little engaging story, full of holes and flaws, plot leads nowhere, presents persogues for simply doing nothing in the plot, few actors really acted well, great photography and scenery, a film for those who don't like elaborate plots orLittle engaging story, full of holes and flaws, plot leads nowhere, presents persogues for simply doing nothing in the plot, few actors really acted well, great photography and scenery, a film for those who don't like elaborate plots or characters that they hold you on the couch… Expand

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SSRJul 18, 2020

Bacurau's definitely an unusual film, but for me it wasn't a good one. Ultimately it came down to the story, which although initially interesting then takes a bizarre turn that ultimately just felt daft.

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skiplittleJan 27, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bacurau is garbage. In the world of garbage, Bacurau is perhaps a full diaper, but long, well disembodied from any child loved enough to render tolerable handling the hefty plastic to chuck it in the heap of other worthless movies. Signifying the true treachery of the worst kind of digital filmmaking, this type of bone-chillingly, nauseating color photography and denuded mise en scene makes point-and-shoot feel like a bygone golden age. In writing that Bacurau "doesn't quite work in traditional genre-movie terms," why does the critic for "Variety" even give the movie the credit of "densely multilayered subtext"? This movie presents sociopolitical allegory in the same class as mimicking one's interlocutor in classic oafish "dumb voice." Bacurau isn't unforgivable for being poor, but for how stupidly and insultingly it goes about being so poor. There isn't a single involving frame in the movie. That a child walks into an ominous field at night on a dare doesn't create an ounce of tension or even interest in the fact that this kid is an obvious sitting duck for bloodthirsty invaders -- because the "satirical" characterizations up to this point have been so artless, toothless, asinine, and gross that the scene plays like a snuff film. Likewise, the scene of the fleeing old couple getting mowed down by machine guns elicits the same anti-scene sense, as innocent victim after innocent victim gets torn apart in order to set up the obvious, lazily self-justified revenge scenario for even further dumb, pointlessly done violence.

I really can't stress how dumb and lifeless this movie is. When the old couple is mowed down in a scene you boredly see coming but are forced to sit through, the killers say "Let's **** which they proceed to do as they flip off the drone watching them. "Must see!" indeed. I mean, how many 12-year-olds do you know who can write something of THAT satiric caliber!

These exceedingly stupid moments ask a lot of us and yet are played and concocted with such a jadedly hands-off sense of commentary. The directors seem to wish to offer some authoritative satire but instead indulge in disgusting junk to justify honoring their slahser mentors. Though, if you look at these reviews, I can see why they'd think that, these days, merely wanting to homage something junky pretty much passes for legitimate satire anyway.

Other critics have written that Bacurau doesn't hold up under oddly shifting tones. But this movie is entirely toneless, so what's to shift? Meanwhile, the adulation for Bacurau is a disturbing sign that this kind of vacuous bilge is here to stay as long as a movie purports to have references, even if the effect of its sources is replaced with anti-movie airlessness.

Soon, the plot -- well, "soon" isn't true... nothing happens in Bacurau without a redundancy somehow at once incredibly thick and yet computer-software-vacant... But gradually, the movie grows into the blown-off-heads extravaganza that it sat lifelessly in a chair promising to become, really leaving one wondering how anyone has ever taken joy in making, let alone seeing, a movie in the first place.… Expand

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cjhandleyJun 4, 2020

It tells you everything you need to know that the perfect score cited it as a "political film." This is probably the most overrated piece of trash I've ever seen, and if it had been made in any other country, it would be relegated toIt tells you everything you need to know that the perfect score cited it as a "political film." This is probably the most overrated piece of trash I've ever seen, and if it had been made in any other country, it would be relegated to direct-to-video release. It's like a bad 1980s Chuck Norris movie with some UFOs thrown in for good measure. God help you if you wasted your time on this POS like I did based on these reviews.… Expand

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KeithsTakeAug 23, 2020

Saw how highly this film was reviewed and fell for the bait. It’s an ok Cannes submission, but it’s probably a mid-range B-movie. I could make some informed speculation on why reviewers have it high marks, but I’ll just suggest you don’t getSaw how highly this film was reviewed and fell for the bait. It’s an ok Cannes submission, but it’s probably a mid-range B-movie. I could make some informed speculation on why reviewers have it high marks, but I’ll just suggest you don’t get your hopes up too high if you are about to watch.… Expand

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JonDocAug 28, 2020

After all the cool reviews I was expecting a quirky Brazilian sci-fi/horror or something left-field and a bit different, TBH I wasn't sure what, but in the end the film felt uneven and unsure of itself - critics say it is meant to be aAfter all the cool reviews I was expecting a quirky Brazilian sci-fi/horror or something left-field and a bit different, TBH I wasn't sure what, but in the end the film felt uneven and unsure of itself - critics say it is meant to be a metaphorical critique on socio-economic/political divide but to me the story just came off boring with long quiet stretches followed by spats of ultra violence populated by unlikable characters which didn't have an redeeming qualities or go anywhere interesting and the take away was boring and unsatisfying… Expand

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tomasperaJul 27, 2020

Filme deprimente, chato e áudio péssimo, onde o som do ambiente fica mais alto que o som das falas.

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sergiogabrielJul 30, 2020

O inicio do Filme e interessante e bem engraçado mais não sei por que mais o filme perde muito a qualidade fica chato e cansativo de se assistir é parece que o elenco custou uma coxinha e um suco por que o elenco e terrível um ou outro e bomO inicio do Filme e interessante e bem engraçado mais não sei por que mais o filme perde muito a qualidade fica chato e cansativo de se assistir é parece que o elenco custou uma coxinha e um suco por que o elenco e terrível um ou outro e bom e o mais engraçado e que tem pessoas que faz sexo sem motivo nem um como uma cena que os cara assassinaram pessoas perto da cidade em um carro e do lado do carro eles decidem transar do nada esse filme e muito estranho ele parece ate um filme de terror ruim antigo e o roteiro parece que o diretor pensava em qualquer merda e botava no roteiro mais o filme tem cenas positivas e muito boas como a cena que o prefeito chega para pedir votos parece até mesmo como as cidade muito pequenas no brasil e essa cena e muito engraçada… Expand

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CadmatosMar 14, 2020

Filme muito ruim, o primeiro problema crítico do filme é o sotaque nordestino de alguns personagens muito difícil entender o que eles queriam dizer, outro problema é qualidade da produção , o que foi aquele disco voador kkkkk, sinceramenteFilme muito ruim, o primeiro problema crítico do filme é o sotaque nordestino de alguns personagens muito difícil entender o que eles queriam dizer, outro problema é qualidade da produção , o que foi aquele disco voador kkkkk, sinceramente esperava muito desse filme infelizmente duas horas da minha vida gasta no lixo.… Expand

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louismartinApr 23, 2022

Feels like a film assembled by a committee of film school dropouts after a night of drinking. Don't expect any semblance of a coherent film. Don't fall for all the artsy schmartsy reviews by the film school wannabees. This movie is nothing ofFeels like a film assembled by a committee of film school dropouts after a night of drinking. Don't expect any semblance of a coherent film. Don't fall for all the artsy schmartsy reviews by the film school wannabees. This movie is nothing of the kind, just someone's weekend project.… Expand

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