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88 out of 100

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8.4 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 83 Ratings

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  • Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Robert De Niro
  • Summary: Brazil is a surrealistic nightmare vision of a "perfect" future where technology reigns supreme. Everyone is monitored by a secret government agency that forbids love to interfere with efficiency. When a daydreaming bureaucrat (Pryce) becomes unwittingly involved with an underground superhero and a beautiful mystery woman, he becomes the tragic victim of his own romantic illusions. (Universal Pictures)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    100
    It's a glimmering hunk of fractured brilliance riddled with Orwellian paranoia encased in a production design seemingly pieced together from the shared dreams of Franz Kakfa and Salvador Dali, and shot from cruelly low angles.
  2. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marjorie Baumgarten
    100
    This modern cult classic is a triumphantly dark comedy directed by one of the film world's truly original visionaries, Terry Gilliam. "Imagination" is this futuristic film's middle name.
  3. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    50
    Perhaps it is not supposed to be clear; perhaps the movie's air of confusion is part of its paranoid vision. There are individual moments that create sharp images (shock troops drilling through a ceiling, De Niro wrestling with the almost obscene wiring and tubing inside a wall, the movie's obsession with bizarre duct work), but there seems to be no sure hand at the controls.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 39
  3. Negative: 6 out of 39
  1. RyanC.
    10
    A beautiful, dystopian mess.
    • 2 of 2 users said yes
  2. grandpajoe6191
    5
    "Brazil" is such a bizarre and frantic movie that nobody can follow its pace. The story basically revolves on the same idea as well as focusing on unnecessary parts. Ultimately, despite the powerful ending, its a ideological mess.… Expand
    • 2 of 3 users said yes
  3. JohnSame
    1
    Very boring movie.
    • 0 of 4 users said yes

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