Muito Gelo e Dois Dedos D'Água (2006)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Daniel Filho

Writers:

Alexandre Machado (written by)
Fernanda Young (written by)

Release Date:

6 October 2006 (Brazil)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

A film for All the Family or Almost All !

Plot:

Roberta (Ximenes) and Suzana (Duarte) are sisters who plan a kidnap of their own grandmother, who used to torment them as children with rigid rules of etiquette and social conventions.

Plot Keywords:

Brazilian | Pod | Kidnapping | Striptease | Brazil

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Mariana Ximenes	...	Roberta
Paloma Duarte	...	Suzana Pessegueiro
Ângelo Paes Leme	...	Renato
Thiago Lacerda	...	Francisco Pessegueiro
Laura Cardoso	...	Judite - Avó
Ailton Graça	...	Sargento Nelson
Matheus Costa	...	Thiago
Carla Daniel	...	Cleuza
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Aldri Anunciação	...	Ted (scenes deleted)
Paulo Carvalho	...	Zeca (scenes deleted)
Chris de Amorin	...	Beth (scenes deleted)
Georgiana Góes	...	Engraçadinha (scenes deleted)
Leandro Hassum	...	Engraçadinho (scenes deleted)
Gláucia Rodrigues	...	Romilda (scenes deleted)
Marcio Vito	...	Executivo
Milton Walley	...	Lucas (scenes deleted)

Also Known As:

Lots of Ice and a Little Bit of Water (USA)

Runtime:

Brazil:108 min | Argentina:108 min

Country:

Brazil

Language:

Portuguese | Portuguese

Color:

Color (Technicolor) | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Brazil:14 | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil

Company:

Lereby Productions

Goofs:

Continuity: When stripping for Renato, Roberta takes off her right shoe twice.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Muita Alegria e 40 Graus de Calor (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

Odara

Dumb, Unpleasant, Silly and Shallow

In Maceió, the dysfunctional pothead Roberta (Mariana Ximenes), who was abused by her mates in the elementary school, has a deep hatred against her grandmother Judite (Laura Cardoso) because of her treatment in the summer holidays of her childhood and adolescence. She kidnaps Judite and puts her in the trunk of her car; then she visits her sister Suzana (Paloma Duarte), who is scheduling the birthday party with a clown for her son, and she prepares some shots to dope Judite. While waiting for Suzana on the street, Roberta goes to a bar to calm down drinking whiskey and she meets the dumb lawyer Renato (Ângelo Paes Leme), who has just been stolen. Roberta creates a big mess in the bar and they do not pay the check; while escaping from the police, she invites Renato to travel with her sister and her to her grandmother's beachside home for the weekend. When Renato discovers that the sisters plot revenge and plan to torture Judite to get even, he tries to convince the girls to call off their plan. Meanwhile, Suzana's husband Francisco (Thiago Lacerda) finds the drugs in a desk in his bedroom and decides to chase his wife, believing that Roberta is persuading Suzana to use drugs, getting into serious trouble.

"Muito Gelo e Dois Dedos D'Água" has a dumb and unpleasant storyline and screenplay, with one of the most imbecile stories I have ever seen. The motive for the revenge of Roberta and Suzana is not funny; on the contrary, it is stupid and does not justify their act. The shallow and fool metaphor used for the title of the movie seems to be written by a person with elementary school only. The characters are awful: Roberta is a dysfunctional pothead; Suzana is an amoral bitch; Renato is a dumb man with a weak character; Dr. Francisco is a caricature of a man; Cleusa is a bitch; and Judite is not well developed and it is impossible to imagine her as a villain or a child abuser, just an old woman with some silly ideas. The good points are the locations in and nearby Maceió, one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and the great cast leaded by the gorgeous Mariana Ximenes and Paloma Duarte that unfortunately is not able to save with their talents such awful story. My vote is four.

Title (Brazil): "Muito Gelo e Dois Dedos D'Água" ("Lots of Ice and a Little Bit of Water")