Movie reviews of Filipe Freitas

A word of praise for the energetic performances from Washington and Driver and the awesome score by jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard. Review

Chaganty wanted his film to look intelligently cryptic, but what he achieved was just completely muddled. Moreover, the storyline is naive, contrived, and ultimately nonsensical, all aggravated by the utterly unconvincing performances from Cho and Messing. Review

The magnificent score by Justin Hurwitz enhances the floating sensations of a different gravitational acceleration and combines in perfection with Lindus Sandgren’s detailed cinematography. Review

The script, smartly and carefully written by Burnham, carries all the sensibility to depict Millennials in a way that is simultaneously funny, unnerving, miserably heartbroken, and honest. It definitely rang true to me. Review

The film didn’t touch me in the heart, presenting more inept than satisfactory moments, both drama and music-wise. Review

The low-key temperament of the storytelling and the authenticity of the performances are strong elements of a subtle and intelligent film that captures our attention from the very first minute. Review

Even though it's all too gut-wrenching and sunless, kudos to a fast and furious Cage, who returns from the dead with an insatiable appetite for vindictiveness. Review

If the story is thoughtful and promising, then the editing needed some polishing to avoid unconsidered cuts and precipitate image transitions contrasting clumsily with the sluggish development. Review

A powerful encounter of hip-hop music - somewhat displaced and too calculated here - and the racial complications that keep saddening America and the world. Review

Its mysterious ways, bolstered with a bit of psychedelic surrealism, makes it notable. Review

This blockbuster satisfies in its purpose but doesn’t earn the title of ‘impossible to miss’. Review

The complexities do not always succeed, but, as a character study, the film poses some interesting points of view... Review

This somewhat cheesy crowd-pleaser offers a great deal of neurotic gossip addressed with annoying pomposity and superfluous multi-cultural fashion. Review

Can a brilliant ending save a film? Sure, but I strongly feel this one could have given much more if handled with a little more subtlety. Review

There is nothing new or striking here, but rather emphatically emotional, in a film about decisions that never quite convinces in terms of a hypothetical revenge. Review

The film shapes into an exhausting melodrama instead of the harrowing, devastating adventure that everybody was expecting. Review

There is nothing fanciful or odd in Newton’s story. Review

Feels more contrived than astute, having the skilled group of actors working hard to avoid further damage. Review

The well-told Upgrade maintains the dystopian vibrancy until the end, compensating the less vivid moments with a subtle dark humor that fits hand in glove. Review

Protracted, deficiently paced, and lugubrious, Hostiles eludes the viewer with limited action and redundant scenes... Review

The decreased intensity and long-suffering nature of the film are not obstructive since Keith’s frustration feels authentic and the backdrop/atmosphere painfully realistic. Review

This powerful, quiet, and confessed drama with shades of Western will give you much more than what you are expecting. Review

A fair drama that could have been better. Review

In the throes of this harrowing, devastating scenario, the slightest good-natured and funny circumstance, even very limited in number, is felt as an urgent gratification. Review