José Henrique Fonseca crafts an ambitious and long overdue homage to a central icon in Brazil's 20th century history. Reminiscent of film noir classics, the biopic tells the glorious and tragic story of the legendary football striker Heleno de Freitas. The sumptuous black and white cinematography reflects the chic life of Rio de Janeiro in the 1940s as it fell under the spell of sports royalty. Heleno was no doubt one of the most popular players of his time for his bravura in the field and magnificent goal-scoring that lead the Botafogo team to the top and himself into a vicious downward spiral.
Heleno has generally received mixed reviews.
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Heleno was released in 2011 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 3 reviews, giving Heleno (2011) an average rating of 59%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 80%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 65%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Heleno than critics were.
With a score of 59%, Heleno is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2011, which stands at 57%.
Other movies from 2011 with similar scores include films like Scream 4, Colombiana and Tower Heist.
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