Turma da Mônica: Laços

Best adaptation I've ever seen in my life! Was sold in a book with the same name and the two are the same!

Turma da Mônica (Monica's Gang) has been part of Brazilian pop culture for decades and the comics are some of the first childhood reading memories for a lot of people (including myself). This lovely family live-action film adaption is like a tribute to the works of Maurício de Souza and a must see for fans from all generations. Daniel Rezende was a great choice for the direction and his filmography it's becoming one of the most exciting additions to contemporary Brazilian cinema.

After a marathon of tests to select the perfect actors to play the roles of Mônica, Cebolinha, Cascão and Magali, filming took place on a script by Thiago Dottori based on the graphic novel by Victor and Lu Cafaggi. Staying true to the atmosphere of the drawing and transporting it without losing the playful and naive spirit of Maurício de Sousa's trait is a task for the few. Daniel Rezende and his team deliver a movie with rhythm, soul and heart, capable of pleasing children and the elderly. If the plot is well constructed, the actors give life to three-dimensional characters and the editing keeps the interest of the viewer, the film goes beyond and touches on universal and deep issues such as friendship, family and teamwork. Contrary to the climate of violence and intolerance that prevails on the screen (and beyond), Turma da Mônica, Lasso, is an ode to brotherhood and love. The title, Ties says it all.

In my opinion photography and crew are nice, but sincerely the dialogs are poor and the movie not evolve as an exiting storie... Nice to see this movie as live action but I think they could made it better.

The idea of give the Mônica universe in a live action movie is hard, but impressively, they succeeded, with a great photography and direction the movie is simplely the comics in real life, the houses, the neighborhood, the characters, the animals, everything, and still have a story about friendship, and a funny adventure with the four kids, that are amazing interpreting the iconic characters, the plot have some moments that nothing interesting happens, and the final resolution is not so incredible, but the journey, see them together is prescious a lot.