Movie reviews of Filipe Freitas

The time expended with these positive aspects helped to soothe the weight of a disturbing and sad reality, more and more common in African soils. Review

Les Miserables aimed too high and turned out on another unnecessary film. Review

Bayona's direction, clearly aiming for massive audiences, reduced the chances of creating a more effective film from this particular drama. Review

Far from the best samurai movies, Rurouni Kenshin can be watchable, but just if we look into it as an animated entertainment. Review

Searching For Sugar Man is one of the best documentaries of 2012, making justice to a humble and talented artist. Review

The Bourne Legacy could not challenge or provoke because it simply didn’t have anything more valuable to offer, when compared to the other three movies from which it was based on. Review

Scorsese’s documentary about George Harrison is a wonderful opportunity to know more about the ex-Beatles’ life. It thoroughly covers in a chronologically way, the different phases of his career as musician, his private life and the ceaseless search for a spiritual side in himself. Review

Exquisitely laughable, Ace Attorney reveals to be a mess... but with a distinct look and personality. Review

Architecturally speaking, I would say that some basic pillars are missing here: pace, surprise and a better soundtrack, which make this house unable to stand up. Despite the huge success in South Korea, Architecture 101 definitely is not among the best romantic flicks of the last times. Review

Jack Reacher filled the screens with another instantly forgettable punisher. Review

This is not the best work by Tarantino, but definitely one not to miss. Review

This is 40 is simply a bad movie, lacking any type of smartness and denoting a great dose of childish talks and behaviors. Review

Despite of these considerations, Marina’s baffling behavior kept me interested till the end, in a film that didn't spare an amoral Russia, where the lack of professionalism, bureaucracy, coldness and violence, are too evident issues to be ignored. Review

It’s true that Hello I Must Be Going could have been better in many aspects, but despite all its flaws, it manages to inject a bit of fresh air in the so exhaustive... Review

Despite the slow development, the story was able to keep me minimally interested, particularly regarding the dirty political manipulations that always lead to reproachable decisions. Review

Of Snails And Men is a mildly funny political satire that delivers some dose of good-disposition despite the sadness hidden in its story. Review

The merciless behavior showed by every character without exception, turned this film in one of the darkest of the year, but sadly the fierce action scenes eventually fell in standard shootings and hide-and-seek games, in a plot that can't be classified as imaginative or intriguing. Review

Zero Dark Thirty sustains my total surrender to one of the best contemporary filmmakers. Review

Watching Samsara is one of those unique experiences that one shouldn’t miss. Review

His new film counts with the presence of three wonderful divas – Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastroianni and Ludivine Sagnier, but their charm wasn’t enough to turn “Beloved” into a charming movie. Review

Between resolute silences and nostalgic musical compositions, this was a revitalizing film, although denoting some avoidable sentimentality in its final moments. Review

Family problems and Mafia connections were also introduced as mere pretexts to deflect our attention from the uninteresting sexual adventures of producer To Wai-Cheung. Vulgaria, as the title suggests, is nothing more than a vulgar movie. Review

All got worse with a couple of superfluous scenes aiming to impose tension, as well as an hasty ending, which deserved a better conclusion. An hectic film, needing fresh ideas. Review

Purge is a Finnish bleak drama, based on the best-selling novel by Sofi Oksanen. It falls short from what I expected from a drama of this kind. Review