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I really enjoyed this movie for what it was...a great introduction to some great Brazilian 80's music.

I've been learning Portuguese for two years now and still had to use a lot of the subtitles...I'd never heard of Renato or Legiao Urbana before...and I understand that for "die hard" fans the movie was perhaps a little simple...but for me, and millions like me, I think the movie did exactly what it set out to, gave me a great intro and ignited my curiosity to look deeper.

I would totally recommend it to anyone learning the language for a number of reasons:

1. It's a straight bio-pic...so fairly easy to follow the plot and work out what's going on without too much "deep" dialogue.

2. Renato's songs are beautifully written and easy to listen to and hear all the words...they're good songs (obviously a little dated now) and they use Portuguese brilliantly...I have learned so much from trying to translate the lyrics...it's even inspired me to pick up my ukulele and for the first time in my life attempt to sing in Portuguese...could you ask any more from a film???

I understand that for real fans, it may be a little light, but for new fans, it's perfect....by the time the 2nd part comes out, I'll be an old fan!

The acting is also very good...and the main actor is brill and also looks just like Renato...so much so that when I googled Legiao I had to do a double take!