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The Boys From Brazil

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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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Fast-paced, gripping and totally ludicrous.

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

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

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01/18/04
Alex Sandell
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum

Intriguing tale about nazi war criminals cloning Hitler.

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

No review available.

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

A fun curiosity of a movie.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

No review available.

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

No review available.

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

No review available.

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

...given the caliber of the cast and crew, it should have been a whole lot better.

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09/26/02
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

No review available.

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08/30/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

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

No review available.

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

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11/16/06
Pablo Villaca
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Cinema em Cena

No review available.

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07/29/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

No review available.

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

No review available.

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

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

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.

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03/27/09
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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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
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