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  • 2022
  • Unrated
  • Music Box Films
  • 2 h 12 m
  • 2022
  • Unrated
  • Music Box Films
  • 2 h 12 m

Summary Mari and her friends broadcast their spiritual devotion through pastel pinks and catchy evangelical songs about purity and perfection, but underneath it all they harbor a deep rage. By day they hide behind their manicured facade, and by night they form a masked, vigilante girl gang, prowling the streets in search of sinners who have devi...

Directed By: Anita Rocha da Silveira

Written By: Anita Rocha da Silveira

  • 2022
  • Unrated
  • Music Box Films
  • 2 h 12 m
  • 2022
  • Unrated
  • Music Box Films
  • 2 h 12 m

Medusa

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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Summary Mari and her friends broadcast their spiritual devotion through pastel pinks and catchy evangelical songs about purity and perfection, but underneath it all they harbor a deep rage. By day they hide behind their manicured facade, and by night they form a masked, vigilante girl gang, prowling the streets in search of sinners who have devi...

Directed By: Anita Rocha da Silveira

Written By: Anita Rocha da Silveira

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
67
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36% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
67
64% Positive
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36% Mixed
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95
Jun 20, 2022
Medusa is an electrifying work of art that elevates its already elevated pop influences, a transcendental tableau of the true-life horror of female oppression.
By Michael Talbot-Haynes FULL REVIEW
80
Jul 16, 2023
For all its multitudinous reference points, this remains very much Da Silveira’s movie – as distinct and pointed as Ana Lily Amirpour’s A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night or Julia Ducournau’s Raw­ – a genre film with something to say, and a unique voice with which to say it.
By Mark Kermode FULL REVIEW
75
Jul 28, 2022
Da Silviera’s vision of bubblegum fascism is compelling, and Medusa sucks viewers in right away. Unfortunately, however, the film expends far more effort on aesthetics and world-building than it does on narrative.
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70
Jul 28, 2022
The film acts as a giallo thriller, a modern update to Lizzie Borden’s Born in Flames and the latest entry in Brazil’s anti-Bolsonaro fantasy canon. Yet for all of these fascinating themes and well-executed nods, Medusa still feels narratively slight.
By Natalia Keogan FULL REVIEW
60
Jul 14, 2023
Its strengths and richness lie more in boasting a potent mix of universality in its rebellion against entrapment within societal ideals of self-worth, as well as cultural specificity and pertinence apropos the impact that white evangelists have over the political landscape in modern-day Brazil.
By Marina Ashioti FULL REVIEW
60
Jul 28, 2022
Though dressed in shock-value clothing, Medusa is also a straightforward character study, tackling issues like the scourge of Western beauty standards and the difficulties of leaving an abusive relationship along the way
By Beatrice Loayza FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 11, 2022
What begins as a punchy, feminine-biting satire becomes fuzzy after the first act. It’s an admirable effort, but an overstuffed, demanding one as well.
By Jenny Nulf FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Bananeira Filmes, MyMama Entertainment
Release Date Jul 29, 2022
Duration 2 h 12 m
Rating Unrated
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Website https://www.musicboxfilms.com/film/medusa/
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Awards

ABC Cinematography Award
• 3 Nominations
Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Tromsø International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

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