Fresh
[A] darkly funny and truly visionary retro-futurist fantasy.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Brazil
It's only a state of mind.
1985 · 2h 23m · R
Comedy, Science Fiction
Directed by
Terry Gilliam
Overview
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.
Director and cast
- Terry Gilliam Director
- Jonathan Pryce as Sam Lowry
- Robert De Niro as Archibald 'Harry' Tuttle
- Katherine Helmond as Mrs. Ida Lowry
- Ian Holm as Mr. M. Kurtzmann
- Bob Hoskins as Spoor
- Michael Palin as Jack Lint
- Ian Richardson as Mr. Warrenn
- Peter Vaughan as Mr. Helpmann
- Kim Greist Cast
- Jim Broadbent Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
98%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Brazil is a stinging, Strangelovian satire of the power of the bureaucracy in an Orwellian landscape.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Fresh
Terry Gilliam's ferociously creative black comedy is filled with wild tonal contrasts, swarming details, and unfettered visual invention -- every shot carries a charge of surprise and delight.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
A superb example of the power of comedy to underscore serious ideas, even solemn ones.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh
For all its occasional long-windedness and visual dazzle, Brazil may be the Strangelove of the 1980s.
John Hartl, Film.com
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