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  • 2003
  • R
  • New Yorker Films
  • 2 h 30 m
  • 2003
  • R
  • New Yorker Films
  • 2 h 30 m

Summary In the summer of 2000, in Rio de Janeiro, a 21-year-old hijacked a commuter bus and held its passengers hostage. The police were flummoxed as local TV crews arrived en masse to cover the headline-grabbing events as they unfolded. BUS 174 balances this potentially sensationalistic material with accounts by the police, the victims, the wit...

Directed By: José Padilha, Felipe Lacerda

Written By: Bráulio Mantovani, José Padilha

  • 2003
  • R
  • New Yorker Films
  • 2 h 30 m
  • 2003
  • R
  • New Yorker Films
  • 2 h 30 m

Bus 174

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 27 Critic Reviews
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83
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings
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Summary In the summer of 2000, in Rio de Janeiro, a 21-year-old hijacked a commuter bus and held its passengers hostage. The police were flummoxed as local TV crews arrived en masse to cover the headline-grabbing events as they unfolded. BUS 174 balances this potentially sensationalistic material with accounts by the police, the victims, the wit...

Directed By: José Padilha, Felipe Lacerda

Written By: Bráulio Mantovani, José Padilha

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Universal Acclaim Based on 27 Critic Reviews
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96% Positive
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Universal Acclaim Based on 27 Critic Reviews
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96% Positive
26 Reviews
4% Mixed
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0% Negative
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The results are as riveting as any action movie ever made.
By Stephen Hunter FULL REVIEW
90
Tough and relentless, dazzlingly researched and crafted. At its core is compassion for those who are angry, violent and uneducated.
By Ernest Hardy FULL REVIEW

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88
It is to Padilha's enormous credit that he steadfastly kicks aside our own culturally imposed frames of reference, insisting that we see the truth, and the humanity, within this very real story.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
80
It all adds up to a searing portrait of social misery.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
75
It's a chilling tale that leaves us with the fear that Latin America's exploding social problems may well be beyond solution.
By William Arnold FULL REVIEW
75
A fascinating account, if less urgently compelling than it might have been.
By David Sterritt FULL REVIEW
50
A tense documentary with multiple layers of meaning.
By Deborah Young FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Zazen Produções
Release Date Oct 8, 2003
Duration 2 h 30 m
Rating R
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Awards

Havana Film Festival
• 4 Wins & 4 Nominations
Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
• 4 Wins & 4 Nominations
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
• 4 Nominations

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