Underwhelming, is the main word for this movie. The movie is great at what it does: shows how a boy reacts to a situation he doesn't really understand or tries to understand.
Football takes the second place in importance, as the movie goes to great lengths to show how Brazil is a country of football and how it is the boy's main escape, as it happens to boys all over.
So we get a nice show looking at a boy living with a funny old man, dedicating himself to his few hobbies (football and football) and a bit of flirting with a girl his age and a girl fit to be his mother.
What could have given this movie a sense of uniqueness is mostly glossed over with dramatic scenes with some of the secondary characters, who look at the boy as a symbol.
The movie even goes so far as to hide a critical conversation with the boy (presumably to show how he'd forget this in his shock?).
So, yea. Does its job decently. The job does not become a great movie. Easy Sunday watch, not recommendable for much else.
Football takes the second place in importance, as the movie goes to great lengths to show how Brazil is a country of football and how it is the boy's main escape, as it happens to boys all over.
So we get a nice show looking at a boy living with a funny old man, dedicating himself to his few hobbies (football and football) and a bit of flirting with a girl his age and a girl fit to be his mother.
What could have given this movie a sense of uniqueness is mostly glossed over with dramatic scenes with some of the secondary characters, who look at the boy as a symbol.
The movie even goes so far as to hide a critical conversation with the boy (presumably to show how he'd forget this in his shock?).
So, yea. Does its job decently. The job does not become a great movie. Easy Sunday watch, not recommendable for much else.