O Filme da Minha Vida (2017) Reviews

• Excelente

  Oscarcalixto2017-08-28

  A delicate, sensitive, careful film with excellent performances. THE Direction is flawless and the film's photography, a dream! A touching story, a careful plot and the equilateral balance between dialogues and images management make this film a qualitative landmark in the history of Brazilian cinema.

• Beautiful

  newxhost2018-03-28

  Although the story sometimes seems slow and you start thinking where it is all going... it surprised me in a great way! Direction great! Photography and soundtrack are beautiful!

• Euro arthouse immitation, but a formidble job

  tudobeleza2018-01-10

  As someone very familiar with modern Brazilian and European cinema, I'd have to agree with Lovecraft Movies' comment that this just as well could have been a European film. While they see it as a positive, I see it as a bit of a critique. It felt like Selton Mello really, really (like, really) wanted this to feel like a Euro arthouse flick. He's punching above his weight at this point in his directorial career. The other reviewer's comment that the second act wasn't as centered as it could have been, I also agree with. At some level, the aesthetics and locations brought me back to one of my favorite Brazilian films from 2001, To The Left of the Father (coincidentally, with Selton Mello as part of the cast). That being said, Mello did his best job yet in the director's chair, and I do recommend this film for its stylization and cinematography (just wish the former could have been toned down a tad), with the story coming in at a close third.

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• Masterpiece

  YuriHerzog2019-05-04

  Wow. Brazilian actor-turned-director Selton Mello delivers one of the most beautiful movies ever made. The director's sensibility is shown in every single frame of the picture. The story is well conducted and incredibly acted by a talented cast. I've seen the director's other movies and you can observe his evolution as a story teller. In my opinion, the best director in activity in Brazil.

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• A Dramatic Movie In The Style of Tornatore's Cinema Paradiso

  lovecraftgames2017-08-11

  First of all, I have to say that this movie is shot beautifully, so if you don't like the story, you can't say that this movie is complete sh@t. The color palette, the cinematography, the framing is nothing short of superb. I would even dare to say it's comparable to Giuseppe Tornatore or Frederico Fellini's direction. This movie does not feel like a Brazilian movie. It looks like it was shot and produced in an European country like Italy or France. The pacing, dialog, characters are all in that style. We have that family drama that Italian Giuseppe Tornatore loves. The first act and the third act are basically flawless. In a technical standpoint, this is one of the best Brazilian movies. In a script-wise direction, this movie has flaws. The most grave flaw is that the second act is disjointed and all over the place. I was never boring, per se, but I was thinking about how the first act was great and this wasn't as good. I never watched other Selton Mello movies, but I think he is one of the best Brazilian actors. The ending was really good, the ending shot was great. The only reason why I give this movie an 8 is because of the discombobulated second act. But I would recommend this strongly. If you love Tornatore's movies, it is almost guaranteed you will love this movie.

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