I still feel like this movie didn't do anything unique or new. I "got it", but I struggled to understand what it was I was in fact, supposed to get. The acting is superior, and the story works, but I think when it is said and done, the story kinda ... (read more) I still feel like this movie didn't do anything unique or new. I "got it", but I struggled to understand what it was I was in fact, supposed to get. The acting is superior, and the story works, but I think when it is said and done, the story kinda sucks. The only reason I give it a 3 is because a certain someone did a few good points I had to give in to.

Really mysterious, with inner logic, inner world. Sad so sad, pictures full of shadows. But then it's not just another depressive story.
Gives you an inside to a human's soul

Accomplishes something wonderful at points: it translates complicated ideas into pure images. But the characters are flimsy, which prevented me from suspending my disbelief.

Rodrigo Santoro e muito bem!!! music is good, plot is nice, real, touching...coincidence and destiny; how bad things can lead to nice things...there is a way into the light through the dark...

Do like the premise of interconnected lives, just wish the story telling of the connection was faster paced.

i don't think "control freaks" in the movie info here is exactly the right word and there were 2, not 3. who writes these? anyway, the movie was really good. especially the pool table guy actor who so totally inhabited that part.

great deal of introspection on the meaning of chance and destiny, has good pacing and mood throughout

Decent romance from Brazil. The dual plot line hearkens back to Woody Allen's "Crimes and Misdemeanors," but it isn't as well structured as that film. The best part about it for me was seeing the city of Sao Paulo presented so beautifully, and being ... (read more) Decent romance from Brazil. The dual plot line hearkens back to Woody Allen's "Crimes and Misdemeanors," but it isn't as well structured as that film. The best part about it for me was seeing the city of Sao Paulo presented so beautifully, and being able to pick out places I've been to so many times in a movie; unfortunately I've never been to New York or L.A., so being able to do that was actually rather neat. Seeing the traffic system in the city at work is also awesome, and wonderfully ties in thematically.

Vi este película en el reciente festival de cine brasileño de BCN por que estaba producida por Meirelles (Ciudad de Dios) y no me defraudó. De qué va? Ambos protagonistas creen que todo es controlable y predecible como en una partida de billar, p... (read more) Vi este película en el reciente festival de cine brasileño de BCN por que estaba producida por Meirelles (Ciudad de Dios) y no me defraudó. De qué va? Ambos protagonistas creen que todo es controlable y predecible como en una partida de billar, pero un trágico accidente de tráfico cambia sus vidas y deben aprender a vivir en el nuevo escenario en el que se encuentran.