Movie reviews of Filipe Freitas

If the story is thoughtful and promising, then the editing needed some polishing to avoid unconsidered cuts and precipitate image transitions contrasting clumsily with the sluggish development. Review

A powerful encounter of hip-hop music - somewhat displaced and too calculated here - and the racial complications that keep saddening America and the world. Review

Its mysterious ways, bolstered with a bit of psychedelic surrealism, makes it notable. Review

This blockbuster satisfies in its purpose but doesn’t earn the title of ‘impossible to miss’. Review

The complexities do not always succeed, but, as a character study, the film poses some interesting points of view... Review

This somewhat cheesy crowd-pleaser offers a great deal of neurotic gossip addressed with annoying pomposity and superfluous multi-cultural fashion. Review

Can a brilliant ending save a film? Sure, but I strongly feel this one could have given much more if handled with a little more subtlety. Review

There is nothing new or striking here, but rather emphatically emotional, in a film about decisions that never quite convinces in terms of a hypothetical revenge. Review

The film shapes into an exhausting melodrama instead of the harrowing, devastating adventure that everybody was expecting. Review

There is nothing fanciful or odd in Newton’s story. Review

Feels more contrived than astute, having the skilled group of actors working hard to avoid further damage. Review

The well-told Upgrade maintains the dystopian vibrancy until the end, compensating the less vivid moments with a subtle dark humor that fits hand in glove. Review

Protracted, deficiently paced, and lugubrious, Hostiles eludes the viewer with limited action and redundant scenes... Review

The decreased intensity and long-suffering nature of the film are not obstructive since Keith’s frustration feels authentic and the backdrop/atmosphere painfully realistic. Review

This powerful, quiet, and confessed drama with shades of Western will give you much more than what you are expecting. Review

A fair drama that could have been better. Review

In the throes of this harrowing, devastating scenario, the slightest good-natured and funny circumstance, even very limited in number, is felt as an urgent gratification. Review

Although competent in terms of storytelling, the most impressive aspect of the film was its visual impact, with some severe scenes causing discomfort. Review

Denis’ most diaphanous work to date is a subtle, powerful, and intelligent look at human relationships and society. Review

Lacking a proper climax and shattered by plot holes, the film takes us to narrow train hallways and inconsequent therapy sessions, both of which are far from being exciting. Review

While the direction was unexceptional, the credible performances elevated a film trying to justify the acts of its characters through a chain of emotional states... Review

The whole idea, as an experiment, is interesting, but the film lacks in credibility what it gains in boldness. Review

Reveals a blatant tackiness in the way the scenes are mounted and delivers extremely poor dialogues. Review

Elya missed the opportunity to do something bolder with a recurrent topic, treading the same paths that many other films did successfully. Review