There are some reviewers here on IMDb that see great depths in this movie, justifying all the craziness and sex and hysteria as an attempt to picture one's deepest drives and fantasies. Maybe that was the genuine ambition of director Emiliano Rocha Minter, but even so, that not necessarily stands for a good movie. In my opinion a movie has to be at least in some way involving, so that it makes you want to watch it (and keep watching it).
For me this was not the case. The movie lacks any (fathomable) narrative; the settings are dark and filthy; the editing is weird, with many scenes or close-ups that are drawn-out way too long; the few characters are extremely annoying and their irrational behavior and screaming almost unbearably tiresome; and the nudity and sex-scenes seem primarily gratuitous (like two long close-ups of a male's and a female's genitals that seem to serve no purpose whatsoever). I've got nothing against nudity and sex, but it should at least be in some way functional, within an understandable context.
It's probably my simple brain that made me miss tons of metaphors, but I couldn't help feeling that the main purpose of the makers was simply to be as provocative as possible. Well, you could argue that they partly succeeded in that, albeit in a very unenjoyable, uninteresting and even tedious way.
For me this was not the case. The movie lacks any (fathomable) narrative; the settings are dark and filthy; the editing is weird, with many scenes or close-ups that are drawn-out way too long; the few characters are extremely annoying and their irrational behavior and screaming almost unbearably tiresome; and the nudity and sex-scenes seem primarily gratuitous (like two long close-ups of a male's and a female's genitals that seem to serve no purpose whatsoever). I've got nothing against nudity and sex, but it should at least be in some way functional, within an understandable context.
It's probably my simple brain that made me miss tons of metaphors, but I couldn't help feeling that the main purpose of the makers was simply to be as provocative as possible. Well, you could argue that they partly succeeded in that, albeit in a very unenjoyable, uninteresting and even tedious way.