Filipe Bezerra
Being not only a Brazilian but a northeaster as well, I have to tell you that it is strange to see that so many people around the world actually enjoyed this film. I though to be very concerned to those who would understand the language, the situations and the causes of all of this. Well, seems that I was wrong and the themes exposed here are bound to be more universal than I expected.Every moment of Kleber Mendonças'Neighboring Sounds could be opened for discussion as subject of semiotics. The symbolism is so present and so meaningful that I was overwhelmed.A truly masterpiece, that have to be seen with very opened eyes.
bikenavy
Interesting. Strange. The editing. The framing. I like it but I'm not sure if I love it. It's quite unique and daring but at the same time it doesn't touch me deep. It has both mature and amateur touch that I don't trust the filmmaker. The use of sound, for example, seems too manipulative at times. The film has many suggestive elements conveying how the film is more than what it seems on the surface, but I'm not sure if they're just clever ploys for critics. I'm not really keen on the ending. Things come together too much. I rather see it ends with a more open-ended approach. However, it's worth seeing and it's likely to stay in your mind for sometime, which is a good thing.
darren-153-890810
Main Entry: dullPart of Speech: adjectiveDefinition: boring, uninterestingSynonyms: abused, archaic, arid, big yawn, blah, colorless, common, commonplace, dead, dismal, dreary, driveling, dry, familiar, flat, hackneyed, heavy, ho hum, hoary, humdrum*, insipid, jejune, longwinded, monotonous, oft-repeated, ordinary, out-of-date, plain, pointless, prolix, prosaic, prosy, repetitious, repetitive, routine, run-of-the-mill, soporific, stale, stock, stupid, tame, tedious, tired, tiresome, trite, unimaginative, uninspiring, usual, usual thing, vapid, worn-outHow anyone can enjoy this is beyond belief. This is without doubt, the most boring film i've seen since Beyond the Hills last Tuesday. It's about nothing, literally nothing. I get what the director is trying to do and say, but it's not interesting to us. I know, I know, thats the whole point. But you might as well watch pigeons fly!!So there's loads of daily sounds including dog barks, washing machines etc.... That's not enough to make a film. Those sounds don't even link in. It's woeful. The whole film is moribund. it's 2 hours of waiting for a fire cracker to go off.All I can say it's an April Fools. The joke is us for paying to see itWoeful
Alex_br
The film reminded me of "The Class" (France 2008). Just change the school by a handful of houses in the same street. The relationships among the characters are unveiled as the story goes, there is nothing special about any of them, there is nothing special going on in theirs lives. It looks like a very casual portrait of any given month in Recife.People made a lot of fuss about the private security guys that show up, about the claustrophobic feeling, about the master/servant relation depicted all the time, but in fact, it is not big deal. It is no news. It is simply how life is down here.For a foreigner it may look strange, odd, annoying, maybe violent, but down here it is our daily life. That's how things are. In that sense the film is dull. Didn't bring us anything new, didn't show anything we are not used to see daily around us.
