Fast-paced, gripping and totally ludicrous.
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03/27/09
The Boys From Brazil (1978)
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Reviews Counted: 27
Fresh: 19
Rotten:8
Average Rating: 6.3/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 7 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Ira Levin's best-selling novel is the basis for this incredible film about the perpetuation of a new race of Hitlers. When one of his proteges locates the elusive Nazi war criminal Dr. Josef... [More]
Starring: Gregory Peck, James Mason, Laurence Olivier, Lilli Palmer
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
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Reviews for The Boys From Brazil
Dark thriller that does its best but ultimately doesn't completely convince.
03/27/09
The plot is less suspenseful than the overacting contest between the two leads, Laurence Olivier and Gregory Peck, who spend most of their screen time one-upping each other in affectations.
03/27/09
Top CriticWith two excellent antagonists in Gregory Peck and Laurence Olivier, The Boys from Brazil presents a gripping, suspenseful drama for nearly all of its two hours -- then lets go at the end and falls into a heap.
03/26/09
Top CriticIt's more a silly and unbelievable pic than a bad one, but very watchable.
03/03/08
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03/01/08
In the transfer to screen, the film loses the little credibility that Ira Levin's best-seller had, but helmer Schaffner was smart to cast Olivier as Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal and to surround him with superb actors like James Mason and Rosemary Harris
04/11/07
Schaffner conduz a trama com segurança absoluta, permitindo que o espectador junte as peças do quebra-cabeças ao mesmo tempo em que seu diligente e improvável herói, vivido de forma espetacular por Olivier (mas Peck também merece aplausos).
11/16/06
The answer should have made a great thriller, but the film is sunk by a series of preposterous performances.
06/24/06
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10/09/05
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06/26/05
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06/01/05
Silly.
09/24/04
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07/16/04
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02/24/04
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02/13/04
Gregory Peck is miscast, but the film is entertaining enough.
01/18/04
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09/26/03
Too funny to dislike.
04/02/03
No review available.
03/23/03
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