Fresh
Director Cao Hamburger has a warm, delicate sensibility that informs the story's commonplace events. Neither the story's drama nor its comedy are overstated.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
2006 · 1h 44m · PG
Drama
Directed by
Cao Hamburger
Overview
A boy is left alone in a Jewish neighborhood in the year of 1970, where both world cup and dictatorship happen in Brazil.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
81%
Tomatometer
Fresh
This Brazilian coming-of-age drama, co-produced by City of God creator Fernando Meirelles, charms because it rarely spells things out.
John Hartl, Seattle Times
Fresh
Be patient and brace yourself for the climax; the wait is definitely worthwhile.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Fresh
Director Cao Hamburger, a Brazilian of Italian and German descent, treats this development with a very light hand.
Philip Marchand, Toronto Star
Fresh
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation seems to be about, in the end, is big-time sport as the opiate of the masses.
John Anderson, Washington Post
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