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The Boys From Brazil (1978)

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Reviews Counted:26

Fresh:17

Rotten:9

Average Rating:6.2/10

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... 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 Mengele (Peck), famed Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman (a wonderful Olivier) stumbles on Mengele's grand scheme to murder 94 seemingly unconnected men -- a scheme that could somehow launch the Fourth Reich. [More]

Starring: Gregory Peck, James Mason, Laurence Olivier, Lilli Palmer

Starring: Gregory Peck, James Mason, Laurence Olivier, Lilli Palmer, Uta Hagen, Rosemary Harris, John Dehner, John Rubinstein, Anne Meara, Steven Guttenberg, Denholm Elliott, Jeremy Black

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Screenwriter: Heywood Gould
Producer: Martin Richards, Stanley O'Toole
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith

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Dec 14, 1999

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Fast-paced, gripping and totally ludicrous.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
03/27/09
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Dark thriller that does its best but ultimately doesn't completely convince.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
03/27/09
Ian Nathan
Ian Nathan
Empire Magazine

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.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment 1 Comment
03/27/09
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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With 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.

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03/26/09
Variety Staff
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Variety
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It's more a silly and unbelievable pic than a bad one, but very watchable.

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03/03/08
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
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No review available.

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03/01/08
David Kaplan
David Kaplan
Kaplan vs. Kaplan

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

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04/11/07
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

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).

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment Comment
11/16/06
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

The answer should have made a great thriller, but the film is sunk by a series of preposterous performances.

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06/24/06
Time Out

No review available.

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10/09/05
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily

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06/01/05
Michael Szymanski
Michael Szymanski
Zap2it.com

Silly.

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09/24/04
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

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07/16/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

No review available.

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02/24/04
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

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02/13/04
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

Gregory Peck is miscast, but the film is entertaining enough.

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01/18/04
Alex Sandell
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum

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09/26/03
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Too funny to dislike.

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04/02/03
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

No review available.

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03/23/03
Shannon J. Harvey
Shannon J. Harvey
Sunday Times (Australia)

Intriguing tale about nazi war criminals cloning Hitler.

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03/13/03
Brian Mckay
Brian Mckay
eFilmCritic.com
 
 
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