Dzi Croquettes
TRIA Productions | Release Date: November 18, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasNov 16, 2011
Dzi Croquettes is both a tribute and a terrific entertainment. Read full review
80
Village VoiceErnest HardyNov 16, 2011
It's the mind-blowing performance footage (and there's lots of it) that makes this a must-see film. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineDiego SemereneNov 16, 2011
What's easy to appreciate in the documentary, however, is the way it reassembles the Dzi Croquettes' trajectory without polishing off its jagged edges. It's through their brilliance and their flaws that they become muses. Read full review
70
VarietyJay WeissbergNov 16, 2011
Resembling an all-male late-20th-century version of the Ziegfeld Follies, the cabaret group Dzi Croquettes used an empowering sexuality to counter Brazil's military dictatorship. Dzi Croquettes -- the Documentary is Tatiana Issa and Raphael Alvarez's pleasure-packed exploration of the group's impact. Read full review
60
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerNov 17, 2011
If the film doesn't measure up as a piece of historical scholarship, it does manage to be a rather touching exploration of the troupe's life cycle: achieving notoriety, then being torn apart by fame, then being destroyed by forces beyond its control. Read full review
60
Time OutAndrew SchenkerNov 16, 2011
Essentially a queer-cabaret-cum-performance-art-spectacle, the Croquettes went from local phenomenon to international sensation, opening up sexual mores in then-repressive Brazil and wowing Paris before their AIDS-fueled downfall. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterStephen FarberNov 16, 2011
Although the film recounts an intriguing slice of social history, it is too haphazard and repetitive to be truly memorable. Read full review
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