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By Steve Rhodes (1,488) for Internet Reviews (1,487) on 12 May 2004

Although intriguing, the film is way too long and is narratively all over the map, varying from a fictionalized documentary to an almost surreal…

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By Jules Brenner (885) for Filmcritic.com (3,164) on 12 May 2004

Never becomes gut grabbing enough to justify Babenco's sentence of a 145-minute running time…

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By Ed Gonzalez (1,102) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 01 Apr 2004

Carindiru is slim pickings compared to HBO's prison drama Oz…

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By Lewis Beale (134) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 17 Feb 2004

A film that plays like an uneasy combination of a down-and-dirty prison flick and the kind of soapy telenovela that keeps Brazilian audiences…

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By Susan Green (33) for Boxoffice Magazine (2,896) on 18 Jan 2004

The now defunct Oz, a rather disturbing HBO series about a fictitious U.S. prison, may prompt nostalgia for anyone who catches Carandiru…

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By Rich Cline (3,056) for Shadows on the Wall (2,096) on 09 Nov 2003

Babenco manages to make the film both horrifically gritty and seriously warm-hearted at the same time, with humour and real emotion running…

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By Jason Anderson (395) for eye WEEKLY (415) on 30 Sep 2003

The comedy is as broad as the later stabs at pathos are crass -- is this really the same director who made Pixote and Kiss of the Spider-Woman…

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By David Nusair (3,363) for Reel Film Reviews (3,339) on 06 Sep 2003

an Important Movie, with slow motion accompanied by sweeping music…

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