Movie reviews of Filipe Freitas

Considering the adopted approach, and polemics aside, The Third Half as cinematic experience just revealed a huge ambition and the inability to stir emotions or create much enthusiasm. Review

A few turn of events were a bit strained for my taste, however the film showed a beneficial funny side, having the ability to provoke us with its inventiveness and bitter end. It can't compete with Rear Window or Peeping Tom, but it may rouse some voyeuristic instincts. Review

The plot, beyond convincing, never loses track of its purpose to show how people can learn, change, and make their personal options. After this well crafted multicultural gangland drama, I can’t wait to see what El Hosaidi has to offer next. Review

Bertolucci continues to portray youth with passion, although ultimately without big success. Review

Despite the occasional overstatements, The Patience Stone is a solid achievement, drawing attention to a problem that seems far from being solved. Review

Despite its ups and downs, Every Blessed Day, revealed to be a beautiful story, trying to show how much easier life can be, when we can face its adversities with someone we love. Review

Piazza Fontana, despite some lack of thrill, is intriguing and well balanced in its path towards the truth. Review

Ginger & Rosa impressed through its clear-sightedness and authenticity. Its competent direction and selection of jazz tunes also deserve to be mentioned. Review

The levels of satisfaction increased as the story proceeded, in this simple, objective, and engaging film. Review

The philosophy behind the plot showed potentialities, but ultimately got impaired by a flabby execution, as well as difficulties in setting the appropriate mood and pace. Review

The Other Son feels contrived and never became thought-provoking as intended. Review

The performance by James Franco was one of the few positive aspects from a film that only tries to catch your senses with innumerous deceptive visual tricks. Like the wizard himself, this film reveled to be a fraud. Review

Following teen minds for too long can become tiresome, especially when the adventures weren't taking us anywhere. McManus brothers' debut on writing, direction and production, left some expectations for the future. Review

The personal issues of the characters almost didn’t have expression when compared with the central problem of a youth in decadence, which in turn, was depicted without a point of view or message. Review

The main problem is that the plot only left us with two possible suspects, giving sufficient hints for us to guess who the bad guy was. So, no much surprises here! Review

Despite of these disjunctions in the plot, and deviations from the novel, this is a perfectly watchable film and should please those who are attracted by the mysteries of faith and temptations of evil. Review

I ended with a terrible sensation that the story didn’t give everything it should; just like an underdeveloped exercise that leave us wanting to know more about its characters. Review

Assuming the typical Italian exuberance, this satire never loses intensity, denoting genuine comical moments, stirring alienation, and powerful images. Review

Considering its story and genre, I believe it wouldn’t be easy to adopt a better approach in direction or create further excitement. Review

The Thieves can be stirring and electrifying, although many times is just show-off, making us anticipate some of its calculated tricks. Review

Its eagerness in combining mystery, humor, drama, and action, all at once, didn’t bring the expected results to make this epic more surprising or thrilling. Lee Byung-hun’s performance, and a few funny dialogues and situations, made Masquerade entertaining but far from fundamental. Review

Stoker revealed to be a catchy and consistent thriller. Review

I wasn’t particularly moved, having the impression that something was missing here. Great performance by Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Review

The Bay might be an intriguing experience on visuals, but its phony tone almost never reached satisfactory levels. Review