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Elite Squad

Overview

Genre :

Action, Drama

Release Date :

September 19, 2008 (Limited)

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

Jose Padilha

Starring :

Wagner Moura, Caio Junqueira, Andre Ramiro, Milhem Cortaz, Luiz Gonzaga de Almeida, Fernanda de Freitas, Bruno Delia, Thelmo Fernandes, Emerson Gomes

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Readers  3 of 5 [Rate It]

“..thoughtful, insightful and frequently darkly funny..”
by [Beyond Hollywood]
“..relentlessly ugly, unpleasant..”
by Manohla Dargis [NY Times]
“..most-discussed Brazilian film since City of God (Cidade de Deus)..”
by Marcelo Janot [Fipresci]
3 of 5

“..biggest box office hit of last year in Brazil..”
by Richard Mowe [Boxoffice Magazine]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Rosamund Witcher [Empire Magazine]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Ed Gonzalez [Slant Magazine]
1 of 4
Reviewed by V.A. Musetto [New York Post]
Reviewed by Jim Ridley [Village Voice]
Reviewed by Jay Weissberg [Variety]

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