Backlight (2010)
7/10
Great Director!finally a Portuguese movie filmed in the USA is ready to compete on an international scale
28 December 2012
Warning: Spoilers
I am not going to give it a perfect score because unfortunately it reminds me a lot of Crash or Babel or even Magnolia from 1999. I also have to agree with a few reviews that mention the repetitive soundtrack along the movie!!I do think that the director chose to use it in order to provide some "movement/emotion" through the scrip so maybe not using it would change the whole feeling!

It's visually astonishing with thatpart of the States represented.

Not a great acting from none of the actors - even Joaquin D'Almeida didn't have much room for a great performance.

I feel the scenario, soundtrack and script and also the slow motion scenes and flashbacks made the movie!Congrats to Fernando on that but overall, in my opinion it is a bit too dramatic and to easy to guess "what's happening next"! The end was just like...I bet he's gonna die over a bee!...

Not a boring movie at all and a very good attempt for a Portuguese director!!
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