Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.
Brazil has generally received very positive reviews.
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Brazil was released in 1985 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 59 reviews, giving Brazil (1985) an average rating of 81%.
Overall, film critics marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 85%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 80%.
With a score of 81%, Brazil is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1985, which stands at 59%.
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