The Other Side of the Street is full of the stillness, and silences, of a life that's been muted and shut down.
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06/09/05
The Other Side of the Street (2005)
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Reviews Counted:16
Fresh:13
Rotten:3
Average Rating:6.5/10
Theatrical Release:Feb 25, 2005 Limited
Synopsis: First-time Brazilian director Marcos Bernstein makes his debut with this visually rich, superbly acted drama. Starring Academy Award-nominated actress Fernando Montenegro (CENTRAL STATION) and... [More]
Starring: Fernanda Montenegro, Raul Cortez, Laura Cardoso, Luis Carlos Persy
Director: Marcus Bernstein
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Reviews for The Other Side of the Street
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Top CriticA poignant little film that explores loss and new leases on life with intelligence and care.
06/02/05
Top CriticAn appealingly quirky thriller from Brazil.
05/20/05
Top Critic[A] tough, sentimental Brazilian drama about two young souls distressed to find themselves in elderly bodies.
05/20/05
Top CriticThe Other Side of the Street is more love story than thriller, with the mystery providing only slack tension and the December-December romance that ultimately develops between Regina and Camargo crackling with drama and sexual tension aplenty.
05/06/05
Top CriticA languid, delicate character study; the strengths of the film are found in the loving yet unsentimental portrayal of its two intensely troubled, carefully drawn protagonists.
04/28/05
Top CriticThe performances of Ms. Montenegro and Raul Cortez as Camargo light up the screen.
04/21/05
Top CriticRio's own Miss Marple? Sort of.
03/03/05
Top CriticA mystery that isn't suspenseful so much as realistic, in which the detective's motivation is understandable and the story moves the way life does, instead of as a thrill ride.
02/25/05
Top CriticAnd at its best, it not only shows us life on the other side of the courtyard. It shows us filmmaking on the other side of the hemisphere.
02/25/05
Top CriticMontenegro does wonders in her long silences, and makes her love scene with the eager 72-year-old Cortez look like a hookup at Club Med.
02/25/05
Top CriticMs. Montenegro's rough-hewn integrity is the one quality that ennobles The Other Side of the Street, an otherwise confused mixture of cat-and-mouse thriller and sentimental old folks' love story.
02/24/05
Top CriticWhat begins as a geriatric Rear Window opens into a poignant tale of autumnal intimacy.
02/24/05
Top CriticNever finds a way of extending its critique to the viewer.
02/22/05
Top CriticMontenegro is constantly engaging; but while her dry delivery enhances the perceptive nature of Bernstein's dialogue, she can't transcend the script's low-key aspirations.
11/29/04
Top CriticAlthough less than riveting as a thriller, the film does offer a moving portrait of two aged, emotionally wary people beginning to open up to each other both emotionally and physically.
11/25/04
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