Movie reviews of Filipe Freitas

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

Intersecting the friction of a taut thriller and the biting wit of a dark comedy, Cory Finley proves he has the eye and the talent. Review

It was the courage of the good characters that made me enjoy this flawed drama film. Review

The dramatic tones feel shallow and uninspired, bringing the type of sentimentality that is more adverse than expedient. Review

Although well acted, mindful, and visually arresting, the film doesn’t go beyond its hypothetical circumstances. Review

A quietly emotional film that comes fortified with engrossing performances, an appropriately moving score... Review

A life lesson that stands above most of the coming-of-age dramas. Review

I found the film more tiresome than entertaining, with the intermittent funny jokes being unable to rescue the film from the visual and verbal exhaustion. Review

Initially built with an enthralling tension and clever insight, it suddenly fails to grasp in its flimsy climax. Review

Despite the conventional storytelling, there’s a lot to like in Dupontel’s best film to date. Review

Even with a few uneven episodes, the satire focuses on social class gaps and shapes into an important statement against political corruption and abusive influence in the contemporary Taiwanese society. Review

Humor and tragedy combine effortlessly in this sensitive, mindful, and stylish look at the roots of a distant African culture and the unjust burdens that mark its society. Review

Handsomely crafted with powerful, thrilling scenes, showcasing not only a Russian medical predicament but perhaps even a worldly one. Review

Even if excessively sanguinary, it runs at a dazzling pace and boasts impeccably mounted episodes. Review

The film was mounted with a consistent narrative flow while its emotional grip is maintained until the last minute. Review