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Lula, the Son of Brazil has not been reviewed by Broad National Press
Stephen Holden, New York Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...a conventional, rather shallow up-by-your-bootstraps drama, but with a difference.... surges on a wave of burly energy and toughness that conveys a visceral feel of poor and working-class Brazilian life. Even when it softens, it doesn't sink into quivering mush." (Read the full review...) 781 words, 01/13/12 Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: WEAK (cg) "A more nuanced approach would have served everyone better, but if you can put aside the obvious bias and cliched approach, you'll find a fascinating life story at its center." (Read the full review...) 204 words, 01/13/12 Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times: WEAK "...an act of hero worship, not a multifaceted exploration of a charismatic leader.... this unabashed encomium skimps on complexity and insight in the name of veneration." (Read the full review...) 246 words, 01/27/12 V.A. Musetto, New York Post: POOR (cg) "...dashes from incident to incident without pausing to give viewers what they really need: insight into what made Lula tick. We do know that he was a mama's boy, but little else is offered here about his psyche." (Read the full review...) 184 words, 01/13/12 Melissa Anderson, Village Voice/LA Weekly: MODERATE "...syrupy origin story/biopic on the nation's beloved reformist president, whose second term ended in 2010, should be titled Mama's Boy.... an unrepentant love story between the future leader and his mother, the illiterate, saintly Dona Lindu (Glória Pires)." (Read the full review...) 196 words, 01/11/12
Lula, the Son of Brazil has not been reviewed in Key Cities
Melissa Anderson, Village Voice/LA Weekly: MODERATE "...syrupy origin story/biopic on the nation's beloved reformist president, whose second term ended in 2010, should be titled Mama's Boy.... an unrepentant love story between the future leader and his mother, the illiterate, saintly Dona Lindu (Glória Pires)." (Read the full review...) 196 words, 01/11/12 Fernando F. Croce, Slant: WEAK (cg) "...takes a complex, controversial political figure -- in this case longtime Brazilian Workers' Party firebrand and two-term President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva -- and purées him into a generalized, insipidly inspirational character..." (Read the full review...) 326 words, 01/09/12
Stephen Holden, New York Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...a conventional, rather shallow up-by-your-bootstraps drama, but with a difference.... surges on a wave of burly energy and toughness that conveys a visceral feel of poor and working-class Brazilian life. Even when it softens, it doesn't sink into quivering mush." (Read the full review...) 781 words, 01/13/12 Ella Taylor, NPR: WEAK "Long on hero worship and woefully short on insight... oozes good intentions.... Laden with craggy heroic prototypes, 'Lula' hauls us through its subject's early years in a parade of dogged cause-and-effect vignettes." (Read the full review...) 663 words, 01/12/12 Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times: WEAK "...an act of hero worship, not a multifaceted exploration of a charismatic leader.... this unabashed encomium skimps on complexity and insight in the name of veneration." (Read the full review...) 246 words, 01/27/12
Robert Koehler, Daily Variety: MODERATE "...a large-scale biopic of [Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, aka 'Lula's'] prole-to-power story.... succumbs to many of the most unfortunate narrative tendencies of biopics, including a proclivity for piling on incident after incident as a substitute for real character insight." (Read the full review...) 796 words, 09/08/10 Stephen Farber, Hollywood Reporter: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "A fascinating true story... holds our interest because of the arresting story it tells.... provides only sketchy information about the political situation in Brazil during the '60s and '70s, which makes the film frustratingly incomplete, at least for American audiences." (Read the full review...) 499 words, 01/12/11 Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times: WEAK "...an act of hero worship, not a multifaceted exploration of a charismatic leader.... this unabashed encomium skimps on complexity and insight in the name of veneration." (Read the full review...) 246 words, 01/27/12 Emanuel Levy, Cinema 24/7: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "A Hollywood-style biopic... Viewers who do not know their modern Brazilian history will likely be lost in terms of most of the national developments covered in 'Lula' -- this despite the clever interweaving of archival footage throughout." (Read the full review...) 517 words, 12/29/11 Stephen Holden, New York Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...a conventional, rather shallow up-by-your-bootstraps drama, but with a difference.... surges on a wave of burly energy and toughness that conveys a visceral feel of poor and working-class Brazilian life. Even when it softens, it doesn't sink into quivering mush." (Read the full review...) 781 words, 01/13/12
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