Movie reviews of Filipe Freitas

Reveals a blatant tackiness in the way the scenes are mounted and delivers extremely poor dialogues. Review

Elya missed the opportunity to do something bolder with a recurrent topic, treading the same paths that many other films did successfully. Review

Intersecting the friction of a taut thriller and the biting wit of a dark comedy, Cory Finley proves he has the eye and the talent. Review

It was the courage of the good characters that made me enjoy this flawed drama film. Review

The dramatic tones feel shallow and uninspired, bringing the type of sentimentality that is more adverse than expedient. Review

Although well acted, mindful, and visually arresting, the film doesn’t go beyond its hypothetical circumstances. Review

A quietly emotional film that comes fortified with engrossing performances, an appropriately moving score... Review

A life lesson that stands above most of the coming-of-age dramas. Review

I found the film more tiresome than entertaining, with the intermittent funny jokes being unable to rescue the film from the visual and verbal exhaustion. Review

Initially built with an enthralling tension and clever insight, it suddenly fails to grasp in its flimsy climax. Review

Despite the conventional storytelling, there’s a lot to like in Dupontel’s best film to date. Review

Even with a few uneven episodes, the satire focuses on social class gaps and shapes into an important statement against political corruption and abusive influence in the contemporary Taiwanese society. Review

Humor and tragedy combine effortlessly in this sensitive, mindful, and stylish look at the roots of a distant African culture and the unjust burdens that mark its society. Review

Handsomely crafted with powerful, thrilling scenes, showcasing not only a Russian medical predicament but perhaps even a worldly one. Review

Even if excessively sanguinary, it runs at a dazzling pace and boasts impeccably mounted episodes. Review

The film was mounted with a consistent narrative flow while its emotional grip is maintained until the last minute. Review

Another funny, clever, and imaginative animated fable. Review

Was conceived with strong performances and never softens up, even when giving signs of momentarily wobbling. Review

Although a bit reluctant during the first minutes, I was completely involved in the conversations and misadventures of the friends... Review

Regardless the moderate collapse as a cinematic effort, it can easily work as an inspiration for many people going through the same process... Review

The heavy-handed narrative together with Spanish-born Fernando Velázquez’s annoying score make us all stuck too, waiting for the pointless ending to arrive. Review

I suspect this dark, immersive, and disturbing exercise is just the beginning of a beautiful filmmaking career. Review

Even with fear encircling the story, I had the feeling that Ana Urushadze's have gone deeper in the real/imaginary duality. Review

Everything remains unimaginative, unfunny, and formulaic, in an absurd attempt to compensate the tedious musical part... Review