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Brazil (1985) Movie Information |
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Overall Rank: |
382 |
Avg. Rating: |
3.03/4 |
# of Ratings: |
260 |
Genres: |
Drama, Sci-Fi |
Rating: |
R |
Language: |
English |
Theater Date: | 12/18/1985 |
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Director: |
Terry Gilliam |
Actors: |
Jonathan Pryce
Kim Greist
Ian Holm
Katherine Helmond
Robert De Niro
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Plot Outline:
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A 1984-ish government encases Sam Lowry who dreams of falling in love with a normal woman. He encounters many obstacles while trying to meet her and do what is right and lawful.
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Snoogans 05/19/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
2.5/4 |
Messy and sometimes incomprehensible. I didn't find the social/political satire here, but I did laugh at the random dark humor. The imaginative visuals are fantastic and the genre mashing worked well enough. An oddly entertaining piece that I feel I may appreciate after multiple viewings. |
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mitchellyoung 12/23/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
4/4 |
This is an expansive and genre bending film, something unlike anything Terry Gilliam's other work. The film combine's elements of dark comedy, social commentary, political satire, and sci-fi fantasy. The film's visuals are striking, but they serve to underline the film's more thoughtful, and powerful themes. |
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Bob Stone 05/08/2010 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
3.5/4 |
It's definatley not perfect; narativley its pretty slim and it's over-long by about half an hour, but Terry Gilliam's Brazil is a brilliantly realized and visually unforgettable film that starts off quirky and off beat and ends intense and incediary,probably Gilliam's best and one of the top film's of the 80's; probably most akin to Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange,which is similar in tone and style. |
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04/15/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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"Brazil" by Yojimbo |
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Terry Gilliam's bizarre and unique vision of an unspecified time in the 20th century stars Johnathon Pryce as a mid level bureaucrat haunted by dreams of a beautiful woman. When an administrative error results in the arrest and death of an innocent man, he actually meets her and takes on the fascistic establishment (in which bureaucracy has literally gone mad) to "save" her from them. This is surely the film that Terry Gilliam was born to make; it's so uniquely "his" that no-one else could possibly have made it. In fact it's so out of the box that the studio only released it under extreme duress. The production design of retro-styled technology combined with war-time era fashions and propaganda is fantastic and is a clear influence on Dark City which itself is often cited as the template ... |
Rating of
3.5/4 |
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01/31/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Brazil review |
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Sam Lowry (Jonathan Pryce) keeps having recurring dreams of saving a girl while in flight with angel wings. Jill Layton (Kim Greist) is seen by Sam, who was the same lady she has being dreamed of. He sees Jack Lint (Michael Palin) after being transferred to another Department. Lowry searches Jill and finally explains his situation. Archibald "Harry" Tuttle (Robert De Niro) plays an important role in the near conclusion.
A few key lines from the film: Sam – “Yes... No... I don't know. I don't know what I want.” “My, how time flies!” Helpmann – “Bad sportsmanship. A ruthless minority of people seem to have forgotten good old-fashioned virtues. They just can't stand seeing the other fellow win.” The cinematography, costumes, settings, and score were spectacular. The symbolism's of te... |
Rating of
2/4 |
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10/23/2010 (0 of 1 found this helpful) |
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Travis Bickle Bilbo Baggins Sir Gallahad the pure |
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i heard all this hype about this movie and how "important" it is. turns out i was really disappointed. I love abstract movies and this started off like a weird comedic 1984 meets monty python (yeah i know who directed it), but throughout the movie, the harder i tried to like it, the more stupid it got. I basically waited for De Niro to show up and he was onscreen for less then maybe five minutes total. That and Bob "super mario" Hoskins playing a weird electrician were about the only good parts. Bilbo baggins and the old guy from the pirates movies are two of the more major characters so...there's that i guess. 12 monkeys is waaaaay better. The last 30 minutes pretty much throughout any point and just got annoying. Plus the title...why? Because of the song? still....dumb title. But that's... |
Rating of
0.5/4 |
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