Muito Gelo e Dois Dedos D'Água

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It's a VERY worthy movie; the plot is funny & well thought yet simple, The type of humor is sometimes sarcastic, some situation comedy and some dark humor too. The way it's technically created combines acting with different animation techniques... some of them very creative all of them great. If you liked "goodbye Lenin", "ruthless people", "MIB 1" "kiss, kiss, bang, bang"… light comedy but with intelligent jokes, very enjoyable then don't miss it.

Since I have to fill 10 lines I'll just recommend other movies: "Thank you for smoking", "Hedwig and the angry inch", "Samy y yo", "os normais", "little Miss Sunshine" as for comedies.

First of all, the word "beautiful" on the title of my comment is directed to the two actresses who star this very nice film: Paloma Duarte and Mariana Ximenes. Acclaimed by the critics as talented players of Brazilian television, these two girls have also made nice jobs in cinema. Their beauties make good pair with the great ability to play different roles and the result could be nothing but a good movie.

The pace of "Muito Gelo e Dois Dedos D'Água" is nice and the situations are funny, once the story combines unexpected facts with ordinary pieces of comedies. This mix gives the film a sweet and enchanting flavour which will surely make you enjoy the time you spend watching it.

This film is a Brazilian comedy with some very well known stars of Brazilian TV, like Mariana Ximenes (Roberta), Paloma Duarte (Suzana Pessegueiro) or Thiago Lacerda (Francisco Pessegueiro). The principal roles are played by Mariana and Paloma which are two crazy sisters in the movie that kidnap their own grand-mother to "torture" her in order to revenge some "bad treatment" that the old lady gave them when they were younger. In fact, the plot is very simple but a little bit strange, because the main topic of the story is just that! They kidnap her and go to a house near to the beach where they used to pass the summer holidays (and where this "bad treatment" happened). In the middle they meet other guy, Renato (played by Angelo Paes Leme), which goes with them, because he's running away from the police (because of Roberta!). Well, the plot is a bit strange, but the movie turns funny anyway… Even so, it could have been better! It has some really nice jokes, but what really makes me give some extra score is the beauty of the two main actresses, Mariana Ximenes and Paloma Duarte. They are very beautiful and make an excellent job as the "avenger sisters"! They definitely increased the quality of this movie! The settings are amazing too, as they describe the incredible natural beauty of northlands of Brazil.

In Maceió, the dysfunctional pothead Roberta (Mariana Ximenes), who was abused by her mates in the elementary school, has a deep hatred against her grandmother Judite (Laura Cardoso) because of her treatment in the summer holidays of her childhood and adolescence. She kidnaps Judite and puts her in the trunk of her car; then she visits her sister Suzana (Paloma Duarte), who is scheduling the birthday party with a clown for her son, and she prepares some shots to dope Judite. While waiting for Suzana on the street, Roberta goes to a bar to calm down drinking whiskey and she meets the dumb lawyer Renato (Ângelo Paes Leme), who has just been stolen. Roberta creates a big mess in the bar and they do not pay the check; while escaping from the police, she invites Renato to travel with her sister and her to her grandmother's beachside home for the weekend. When Renato discovers that the sisters plot revenge and plan to torture Judite to get even, he tries to convince the girls to call off their plan. Meanwhile, Suzana's husband Francisco (Thiago Lacerda) finds the drugs in a desk in his bedroom and decides to chase his wife, believing that Roberta is persuading Suzana to use drugs, getting into serious trouble.

"Muito Gelo e Dois Dedos D'Água" has a dumb and unpleasant storyline and screenplay, with one of the most imbecile stories I have ever seen. The motive for the revenge of Roberta and Suzana is not funny; on the contrary, it is stupid and does not justify their act. The shallow and fool metaphor used for the title of the movie seems to be written by a person with elementary school only. The characters are awful: Roberta is a dysfunctional pothead; Suzana is an amoral bitch; Renato is a dumb man with a weak character; Dr. Francisco is a caricature of a man; Cleusa is a bitch; and Judite is not well developed and it is impossible to imagine her as a villain or a child abuser, just an old woman with some silly ideas. The good points are the locations in and nearby Maceió, one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and the great cast leaded by the gorgeous Mariana Ximenes and Paloma Duarte that unfortunately is not able to save with their talents such awful story. My vote is four.

Title (Brazil): "Muito Gelo e Dois Dedos D'Água" ("Lots of Ice and a Little Bit of Water")