Seja o Que Deus Quiser (2002)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Murilo Salles

Writers:

João Emanuel Carneiro (collaborating writer)
Mauricio Lissovski (collaborating writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Thriller

Plot:

Cacá, a VJ who works for São Paulo MTV, comes to Rio de Janeiro to make a report about a new band, whose...

Plot Keywords:

Band | Slum | Interracial Sex | Social Criticism | Reporter

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Marília Pêra	...	Dona Fernanda
Rocco Pitanga	...	MC PQD
Ludmila Rosa	...	Cacá
Caio Junqueira	...	Nando
Débora Lamm	...	Ruth
Nicete Bruno	...	Velha maluca
Marcelo Serrado	...	Zé Henrique
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lúcio Andrey
Wilson Cardoso	...	Policial
Maria Isabel Cavalcanti
Fernando Fechio	...	Marcelo
Ivan Fernandes
Guti Fraga
Roberto Frejat	...	Himself
Paula Garcia	...	Paulinha
Daniel Granieri	...	Dany
Sabrina Greve	...	Fatinha
Silvio Guindane	...	Pivete do morro
Jonathan Haagensen	...	Cassú
Arlindo Jr.
Elisa Lucinda	...	Mãe de PQD
Rômulo Marinho Jr.	...	Byside
André Mattos
Phil Miler	...	Cleonilson
Nildo Parente	...	Delegado carioca
Bárbara Paz	...	Tati
Daniela Pereira
Antônio Pompêo	...	Vendedor cachorro quente
Stela Prata	...	Stela
Tânia Ripardo	...	Clô
Viola	...	George
Marcio Vito	...	Taxista (as Márcio Vieira Souto)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Brazil

Language:

Portuguese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Brazil:14

Company:

Cinema Brasil Digital

A shame to the New Brazilian Cinema

I wonder how this movie got made in this first place. Didn't the writers, producers, actors, financers and the director realize what utter piece of cinematic trash they were about to create ?

This movie doesn't have mistakes, it's IS a mistake. And I shall now list what aspects compose that:

1-Horrible acting and dialogue, specially from Ludmila Rosa and Caio Junqueira. Marília Pera and Rocco Pitanga aren't necessarily bad, but aren't good either.

2-Amateur camera work, and unnecessary "clever" editing, which brought absolutely nothing to the story.

3-Cheap and predictable moralistic themes

4-Stereotyped and bi-dimensional characters, which bring no interest at all.

5-The lack of talent of the people involved is shown in virtually every frame.

6-Unpolished pacing

7-No interesting relationships, actions, dialogue, nothing.

8-Wasted potential of the setting - the lives of Teenagers from São Paulo could prove to be very interesting, yet this movie fills me with disgust for the very city I live in.

9-Seems like a very poorly done advertisement for MTV, which in the end, renders itself utterly worthless.

10-Worst of all - this is a movie that actually thinks it's good, funny and entertaining.

In the end, Murilo Salles produced the work of a spoiled (and untalented) child. This kind of quality is what took Brazilian cinema down once, and if people like Salles (Murilo, not Walter, mind you) continue to make films, it shall happen again. I also suggest that Ludmila Rosa should be forever banned from the world of Cinema.

It is indeed sad, to see Brazilian Cinema (which shows a lot of potential) be stained by works such as these. Murilo Salles has created what is easily one of the worst movies of the new decade (worldwide). It actually manages to be worse than "Carandiru".

So, instead of walking into this cinematic horror, prefer works from real film directors such as Walter Salles, Fernando Meirelles, Laiz Bodansky, Beto Brant or Luiz Fernando Carvalho.

3.0/10 - Don't pass near this one.