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MPAA RATING: Not Rated
Starring Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Bob Hoskins, Michael Palin, Kim Greist, and Jim Broadbent
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)
| GENRE(S): | Comedy | Cult | Fantasy | Sci-fi |
| WRITTEN BY: |
Terry Gilliam
Charles McKeown Tom Stoppard |
| DIRECTED BY: | Terry Gilliam |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: July 13, 1999 Video: May 14, 1996 Theatrical: December 18, 1985 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 142 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | USA |
Named Best Picture of 1985 by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association
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The average user rating for this movie is 8.1 (out of 10) based on 45 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Antony C gave it a10:
Distopian, bleak, dirty, old, new and at times, funny as all get out; for those who fear for fate of the free world, this movie might just make you cry.
BOB gave it a10:
A classic cult film, if that is possible.
Ryan C. gave it a10:
A beautiful, dystopian mess.
s c gave it a7:
Close to a perfect movie but begins to lose focus as some great ideas give way to a formulaic plotline.
Flavius gave it a0:
Nothing in my opinion!!!
Paul R. gave it a10:
This film can readily be interpreted in Lacanian terms: the Imaginary, the Symbolic and the Real; jouissance/enjoyment as an act of rebellion or subversion; the individual imagination vs. the oppressive state. 'Brazil' is very clever and very watchable.
John Same gave it a1:
Very boring movie.

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