77
Metascore
9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert Abele[Filho's] mastery of pacing, theme and stylistic eccentricity throughout Neighboring Sounds is so assured as to be breathtaking. Don't miss it.
- 90The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottWith his sound designer, Pablo Lamar, Mr. Mendonça has created the aural landscape of a horror movie. And, for much of its running time, a thriller without a plot.
- 83The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe beauty of the film is how organically its themes are presented - it's a slice of life that comes about its sweeping ideas with surprising delicacy.
- 80EmpireDavid ParkinsonEmpireDavid ParkinsonSuperbly judging tonal shifts and juggling disparate storylines, this snapshot of a Refice street reveals the class, gender, racial and historical fissures in Brazilian society, while also making for riveting drama right down to the shocking sting in the tail.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoThe film leisurely unfolds as a series of vignettes about class distinctions and crime, with an unexpected ending. It is beautifully filmed in CinemaScope and strongly acted (especially by Solha), and makes for mesmerizing viewing.
- 75Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrNeighboring Sounds unfolds like a casual nightmare in the light of day.
- 63Slant MagazineSlant MagazineThe images, while beautiful, are sentimental, as if Kleber Mendonça Filho is trying to negotiate too much.
- 60Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichFilho so completely calculates his causes and effects, even going so far as to have the villain of the piece literally swimming with sharks, that you never fully feel the senses-altering charge of a truly impassioned polemic.
- 60Village VoiceVillage VoiceA tightening of the two-hour-plus running time might have enhanced the balance between Filho's epic, evocative style and his smaller story about a certain mode of modern life, its lonely confrontations, and the stubborn legacies of the past.