Bus 174 eschews a sensationalistic treatment of a hijacking in Brazil and focuses instead on its root causes of poverty and the plight of the street people in Rio de Janeiro.
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10/10/03
Bus 174 (2003)
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Reviews Counted:72
Fresh:72
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.3/10
Theatrical Release:Oct 8, 2003 Limited
Box Office: $140,901
Synopsis: June 12, 2000, is a day that will forever be remembered by the people of Brazil. Early that morning, as the citizens of Rio de Janeiro woke up and made their way to work and school, several people... [More]
Director: José Padilha
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Reviews for Bus 174
A fascinating account, if less urgently compelling than it might have been.
10/09/03
a cold, sad requiem for a generation of the lost.
10/09/03
A pulse-pounding piece of documentary reportage, and a terribly important account of a social problem in developing countries that won't be going away anytime soon.
10/09/03
Padilha is onto so many issues sparked by one relatively simple act of crime.
10/09/03
Top CriticUncovers a complex, multilayered tragedy with a surprisingly wide range of victims and perpetrators.
10/09/03
The drivel they call 'reality TV' pales in comparison.
10/09/03
It shares a bitter interest in slum desperation with last year's Brazilian-underbelly docudrama City of God, ''Bus 174'' pulls ahead, I think, by not confusing cinematic pizzazz with the content of misery.
10/08/03
Top CriticTense, engrossing, and superbly structured, Bus 174 is not just unforgettable drama but a skillfully developed argument.
10/08/03
Top CriticWhile the hostage-taking story alone is compelling drama, Brazilian documentarian José Padilha pushes the story further, making a compelling case that the incident was an inevitable result of a city that treats street kids as vermin.
10/01/03
A gripping and penetrating examination of contemporary Brazil.
10/01/03
At once an overview of the crime-poverty cycle, a discomforting police procedural, and a re-sensitization to action-movie tropes, Bus 174 is one of the most thoughtful films of 2003
09/16/03
Document?o excepcional que explora as mazelas da sociedade e do sistema judicial brasileiros. Retrato acurado de um Brasil desesperado, o filme nos leva a questionar quem s?as verdadeiras v?mas da viol?ia que impera no pa?
07/25/03
This ain’t no action movie, this is some real s***. Captures the event [of a bus hijacking] in a way that is far more visceral than any blockbuster suspense film could reproduce
05/12/03
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03/28/03
Think of it as the best episode of 'Cops' ever made. You can't take your eyes off this movie, and you'll leave with a very heavy heart when it's over.
03/28/03
A deceptively straightforward film that has the force of tragedy and the depth of first-rate investigative journalism.
03/27/03
Top CriticWhile evincing no sympathy for the hijacker, the filmmaker eloquently details the road that led him to commit his crime.
03/24/03
An amazingly powerful piece of news journalism.
02/03/03
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