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4 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichThe effort is commendable and the complicated emotions of the piece (for a place and a people) come through loud and clear. To paraphrase the great Ms. Russell, the movie has the power to make you laugh and the power to break your heart in half.
- 75Slant MagazineJaime N. ChristleySlant MagazineJaime N. ChristleyThe essayistic remembrances provide the filmmakers with a brilliant exit strategy when the noir business has nowhere to go but in circles.
- 75The A.V. ClubNick SchagerThe A.V. ClubNick SchagerAs a ruminative travelogue-cum-dissertation, Rodrigues and Guerra Da Mata’s film is often haunting, and its portentous and mournful atmospherics ultimately help compensate for the nagging impression that it’s a work almost too personal for an outside viewer to fully penetrate.
- 60The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisA sly, amusing if underconceptulized and needlessly elliptical inquiry into truth, memory and appearances.