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  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 52 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 52 m

Summary Global phenomenon Paulo Coelho was not always the best-selling inspirational author he is today. For decades he searched for his calling, just like the allegorical heroes in spiritual classics The Alchemist and The Pilgrimage. Growing up in Sao Paolo as a misunderstood young rebel, Coelho alternately flirted with death, escaped madness, ...

Directed By: Daniel Augusto

Written By: Carolina Kotscho

  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 52 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 52 m

Paulo Coelho's Best Story

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary Global phenomenon Paulo Coelho was not always the best-selling inspirational author he is today. For decades he searched for his calling, just like the allegorical heroes in spiritual classics The Alchemist and The Pilgrimage. Growing up in Sao Paolo as a misunderstood young rebel, Coelho alternately flirted with death, escaped madness, ...

Directed By: Daniel Augusto

Written By: Carolina Kotscho

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40
Jul 30, 2015
At the expense of emotional depth, Augusto emphasizes the story's sensory aspects. Sometimes this works, sometimes it's overkill.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
40
Jul 30, 2015
The title of this biopic, Paulo Coelho’s Best Story, is apt: His own life might well be his greatest work. A pity, then, that the film, directed by Daniel Augusto, doesn’t chronicle his evolution better, leapfrogging among decades instead.
By Daniel M. Gold FULL REVIEW
40
Jul 30, 2015
Only the writer's most ardent fans — and they are legion, judging by his book sales of over 190 million copies — will find anything of interest here.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
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Jul 27, 2015
Daniel Augusto relies on familiar tropes pertaining to the sexy, rebellious rock-star artist who does things his own way.
By Chuck Bowen FULL REVIEW
30
Aug 4, 2015
A dramatically flat and tediously disjointed drama that comes across as a standard-issue, cliche-littered, struggling-writer-finds-fulfillment biopic that has been cut-and-pasted into borderline incoherence.
By Joe Leydon FULL REVIEW
30
Jul 28, 2015
Coelho's writing may be "more [widely] translated than [Shakespeare's]," as the coda claims, but Paulo Coelho's Best Story never successfully pins down its subject's genius.
By Simon Abrams FULL REVIEW
25
Jul 31, 2015
The Paulo Coelho portrayed here is a selfish, reckless, immature, spoiled and deeply boring person.
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Production Company Babel Films S.L., Dama Filmes
Release Date Jul 31, 2015
Duration 1 h 52 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline Before The Alchemist Became a Phenomenon, One Man's Journey Became a Legend.
Website http://www.naoparenapistaofilme.com.br/
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Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
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