CelesteKD

I didn't expect much, and not much is what I got. It was cute, but predictable and at times it dragged. There was one cute scene during the honeymoon when they were driving, but aside from that, everything good about that movie was contained in the preview. If you're looking for a mind-numbing movie to watch in the background while doing something else, maybe you should pick this movie up as a rental, but I wouldn't recommend going through the trouble of going out to see this while it's in the theaters.

This film was an excellent metaphor for the depravation so many northern Brazillians experience when they imigrate to the coast in search of work, love, opportunity, and excitement.

Macabea, the protagonist of the film, is an immigrant orphan from northern Brazil who comes to the city in search of economic prosperity. She lacks the education to find a descent job, the social skills to have friends or a boyfriend, and the etiquette in order to fit in in normal life.

She is portrayed as ugly, filthy, and disgusting. She lacks an understanding of proper hygiene, as shown several times throughout the movie when she does not wash her hands and, as a result, covers the papers she types in dirt and in a scene where she eats while urinating on a pot in the middle of the night.

She is a symbol of the depravation of so many northern and northeastern immigrants in Brazil.

The film is full of cleverly constructed imagery and symbolism. Depressing and sad, but genius.

I like experimental film, but this was awful. It moved very, very slowly and the dialog was original (the characters often did not use words to express themselves as much as tone of voice) but seemed overall pointless. I think that the movie was trying to hard to be different and, in the end, suffered for it. Save you're $3 dollars and rent something else. If you feel like being a humanitarian, rent the movie, and then destroy it so no other unsuspecting victim accidentally wastes a night watching this garbage.