Mango Yellow
Metascore
40 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 5 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 5
  3. Negative: 2 out of 5
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  1. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    70
    For all the grimness and desperation on view in Mango Yellow, the characters emerge as robust, full-dimensional people in touch with their explosive feelings.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    60
    It's a beautifully constructed, often disturbing look at a day in the life of several down-at-the-heels denizens of Recife.
  3. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Keith Phipps
    30
    It's a lot to suffer through for a film that has nothing to say, but insists on saying it anyway. Repeatedly.
  4. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    20
    A shallow Brazilian trifle.
  5. Variety
    Reviewed by: Deborah Young
    50
    Like characters out of some Carnival hell, a macho butcher and his born-again wife, a forlorn barmaid, a sinister sadist and the gay manager of a flophouse called the Hotel Texas run in and out of each other's lives in a film as sloppy, sluttish, scruffy and vital as they are.

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User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 1 out of 2
  1. HaroldA.
    2
    This movie was lacking. It leaves you feeling empty, the characters don't go anywhere. You know whose going to sleep with who and you get a little flash of beautiful naked brazilian women. To truly enjoy this movie you need to be drunk. Brazil has more to offer than meaningless dribble.… Full Review »
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