In 1951, New York poet Elizabeth Bishop travels to Rio de Janeiro to visit Mary, a college friend. The shy Elizabeth is overwhelmed by Brazilian sensuality. She is the antithesis to Mary's dashing partner, architect Lota de Macedo Soares. Mary is jealous, but unconventional Lota is determined to have both women at all costs. This eternal triangle plays out against the backdrop of the military coup of 1964. Bishop's moving poems are at the core of a film which lushly illustrates a crucial phase in the life of this influential Pulitzer prize-winning poet.
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Reaching for the Moon was released in 2013 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 49 reviews, giving Reaching for the Moon (2013) an average rating of 62%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 76%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 58%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Reaching for the Moon than critics were.
With a score of 62%, Reaching for the Moon is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2013, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 2013 with similar scores include films like Epic, Turbo and Ender's Game.
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