Memory House
Film Movement | Release Date: September 3, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
72
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Generally favorable reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews
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3
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1
Negative:
0
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90
VarietyManuel BetancourtSep 8, 2021
Memory House is, above all, a fable about identities lost and cultural artifacts in need of recovery that doubles as a thrilling and foreboding ride designed to rattle audiences at home and abroad with equal verve. Read full review
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Slant MagazineWilliam RepassAug 31, 2021
Memory House, much like Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Donnelles’s recent Bacarau, makes no secret of its disgust for neocolonialism, capitalism, or fascism, though it’s more skeptical of violent resistance even when exercised in self-defense. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreApr 25, 2022
Co-writer and director João Paulo Miranda Maria serves up a limited-dialogue parable of racism, cultures clashing and the violence that ripples from that in this film. Using limited dialogue, just a handful of characters and behavior that ranges from intolerant to monstrous cruelty, he parks Traditional Brazil squarely in the path of outsiders-with-a-different-agenda Brazil. Read full review
60
The New York TimesBeatrice LoayzaSep 2, 2021
Trapped in a hopelessly alienating world, Cristovam would rather buck than surrender; a fatal end would seem inevitable, but wisely, Miranda Maria pulls back the reins with a glimpse of empathy that teases a potential way forward. Read full review
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