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  • 2000
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2000
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 35 m

Summary A struggling Brazilian lawyer (Fagundes) is surrounded by failed romance. Mary Ann (Irving) is an American English teacher still recovering from the loss of her husband two years earlier. Alone and unhappy, both have nearly given up hope of finding their lifelong soul-mate. (Sony Pictures)

Directed By: Bruno Barreto

Written By: Alexandre Machado, Sérgio Sant'Anna, Fernanda Young

  • 2000
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2000
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 35 m

Bossa Nova

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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Summary A struggling Brazilian lawyer (Fagundes) is surrounded by failed romance. Mary Ann (Irving) is an American English teacher still recovering from the loss of her husband two years earlier. Alone and unhappy, both have nearly given up hope of finding their lifelong soul-mate. (Sony Pictures)

Directed By: Bruno Barreto

Written By: Alexandre Machado, Sérgio Sant'Anna, Fernanda Young

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Mixed or Average Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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57% Positive
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35% Mixed
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88
The story is slender, but the Brazilian settings are exquisite and lilting tunes by Antonio Carlos Jobim cast a spell over the entire enterprise.
By David Sterritt FULL REVIEW
75
One of the most warmly beguiling romantic comedies the Southern Hemisphere has sent our way in ages.
By Jay Carr FULL REVIEW
75
A cheerful and stylish romantic comedy that's easy on the eyes and ears, and makes few demands on the intellect.
By William Arnold FULL REVIEW
67
May not carry great emotional or intellectual weight, but, in a slim and fetching way, it's peachy.
By Shawn Levy FULL REVIEW
50
Like sitting on the beach under a cozy, warm afternoon sun. The view is beautiful, but not much is happening and soon you drift peacefully to sleep.
By G. Allen Johnson FULL REVIEW
45
Bossa Nova has no beat.
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20
Unromantic, nonsexual and hellaciously dull.
By Desson Thomson FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Columbia Pictures Television, Columbia TriStar Comercio Internacional (Madeira) Ltda., Filmes do Equador, Globo Filmes, Luiz Carlos Barreto Produções Cinematográficas, Sony Corporation of America
Release Date Apr 28, 2000
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline The difference between "amor" and "love".
Website http://www.spe.sony.com/classics/bossanova/
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Awards

Prêmio Guarani
• 14 Nominations
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
• 3 Nominations

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