X
- 2013
- Not Rated
- Wolfe Video
- 1 h 58 m
- 2013
- Not Rated
- Wolfe Video
- 1 h 58 m
Summary Frustrated poet Elizabeth Bishop (Miranda Otto) travels to Brazil and encounters the beguiling architect Lota de Macedo Soares (Glória Pires). Initial hostilities make way for a complicated yet long-lasting love affair that dramatically alters Bishopâ
Directed By: Bruno Barreto
- 2013
- Not Rated
- Wolfe Video
- 1 h 58 m
- 2013
- Not Rated
- Wolfe Video
- 1 h 58 m
Reaching for the Moon
44
6.3
Where to Watch
Summary Frustrated poet Elizabeth Bishop (Miranda Otto) travels to Brazil and encounters the beguiling architect Lota de Macedo Soares (Glória Pires). Initial hostilities make way for a complicated yet long-lasting love affair that dramatically alters Bishopâ
Directed By: Bruno Barreto
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
44
13% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
63% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
25% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
44
13% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
63% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
25% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
It would be hard to find two more contrasting actresses than Otto and Pires, but Barreto plays off their differences in culture and personality.
The film never works out how to generate genuine dramatic fire from its material. There are convincing performances and decorative retro detail to admire, but the heart needs to beat just that bit faster – and it doesn’t manage that.
Attention is retained by the commendably unhistrionic leads, who convincingly etch the pair’s enduring devotion even when passions run dry.
Everything ultimately gives way to the stately, simplistic, inevitable pace of by-the-numbers biopics, from some woefully tinny, hit-and-run screenwriting to the usual difficulties surrounding the dramatization of an author's craft.
Ms. Otto conveys a double-edged intelligence as the film’s pinched notion of “Elizabeth Bishop in Brazil,” while Ms. Pires strides about, every snap judgment and grand gesture a measure of her appeal. Both are hemmed in by direction and a screenplay that are relentlessly on point (as well as an off-the-shelf score).
Bruno Barreto's insistence that this pass for a product that Hollywood might have spawned smoothens a journey built on sharp edges.
Poetry refracts life; this film can only reflect it, and tritely at that.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 User Ratings
6.3
50% Positive
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
25% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
25% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 User Ratings
6.3
50% Positive
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
25% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
25% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
There are no user reviews yet. Be the first to add a review.
Production Company
LC Barreto Productions,
Imagem Filmes,
Globo Filmes,
Globosat / Telecine,
Teleimage
Release Date Nov 8, 2013
Duration 1 h 58 m
Rating Not Rated
Tagline Two iconic women. One passion.
Awards
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
• 4 Wins & 13 Nominations
Prêmio Guarani
• 7 Nominations
Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
