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R Released Feb 21, 2000 1h 35m Romance Comedy List
73% Tomatometer 30 Reviews 60% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
"Bossa Nova" is a romantic comedy about several couples that break up or hook up in present day Rio de Janeiro. It is in this idyllic but "useless landscape" for lonely hearts that nine characters cross each other's paths and destinies, unleashing new passions.

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Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly Rated: B Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Globe and Mail Rated: 2.5/4 Mar 19, 2002 Full Review Entertainment Weekly Rated: B Apr 28, 2000 Full Review Norman Wilner NOW Toronto Rated: 1/5 Jun 22, 2012 Full Review Doris Toumarkine Film Journal International A splashy, slick, tuneful, rigorously old-fashioned romantic comedy. Jan 3, 2007 Full Review Film Threat Rated: 3/5 Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member ***Due to the recent RT changes that have basically ruined my past reviews, I am mostly only giving a rating rather than a full review.*** Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Em uma tentativa de homenagem à relação entre Rio de Janeiro e EUA, o filme tropeça ao adotar uma série de clichês típicos das comédias românticas estadunidenses (temos até a famigerada cena no aeroporto...). No entanto, ainda conta com personagens carismáticas (encarnadas por um ótimo elenco) e com momentos de fato hilários. Felizmente, a agradável trilha sonora consegue fazer jus ao título. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member A true romance / comedy that can be enjoyed by all. One of the best romance movies I've seen in a long time. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member EN ESTA SALE LA PROTAGONIZTA DEL CLON BIEN MORRILLA Y LOKIYA Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member better than you'd think. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member A wonderful story that is a not so gentle parody of superficiality, and the efforts of one society to attempt to fit in with one considered dominent. The attempts to tag along with "progress" and to construct fictions that are such pathetic shadows of the real person are the real message. Amy Irving is incandescent, and the wit and irony of Antonio Fagundes, is buoyed wonderfully by the stellar soundtrack. It may have been played just a bit too subtly, but its examination of relationships should be studied by anyone who has had a relationship, would like to have a relationship, or is in a relationship. Watch this stunningly lovely film with someone you love, and be ready for the subtitles as the movie is in three languages. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis "Bossa Nova" is a romantic comedy about several couples that break up or hook up in present day Rio de Janeiro. It is in this idyllic but "useless landscape" for lonely hearts that nine characters cross each other's paths and destinies, unleashing new passions.
Director
Bruno Barreto
Producer
Lucy Barreto
Screenwriter
Alexandre Machado, Sérgio Sant'Anna, Fernanda Young
Distributor
Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co
Globo Filmes, LC Barreto, Filmes do Equador
Rating
R (Sexual Content|Language)
Genre
Romance, Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 21, 2000, Original
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.8M
Runtime
1h 35m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, Dolby Stereo
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)