Lula

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Lula

2024

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60%

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10 Reviews

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

Ela Bittencourt

Sight & Sound

Dec 31, 2025

Centred on Oliver Stone’s extensive interview with Brazil’s charismatic left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, this engaging documentary exploration of the politician’s dramatic career feels a little too safe.

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Rafa Sales Ross

Little White Lies

Jan 28, 2025

Stone’s gaze — both physical and cinematic — is unfocused and ever-shifting, and the questions that he asks are superficial, a guiding frame concocted solely to be interwoven with the archival material of Lula’s rise and demise.

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Siddhant Adlakha

Variety

Jun 1, 2024

Comes from a limited perspective that prevents a fuller examination of the man, his myth and the people who believe in him.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Oct 31, 2024

A diverting political documentary about Brazil's current president.

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Jason Gorber

POV Magazine

May 28, 2024

A series of softball questions by the giddily smiling Stone prove the filmmaker incapable of either a relevant follow up or a truly probing interrogation.

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Director: Oliver Stone
Genre: Documentary, Biography
Original Language: English

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