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Neon Bull

Released Apr 8, 2016 1h 43m Drama List
88% Tomatometer 51 Reviews 67% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
A cowboy (Juliano Cazarré) designs exotic outfits for a sexy dancer (Maeve Jinkings) while working at a Brazilian rodeo.

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Neon Bull's hypnotic visual poetry occasionally borders on exploitation, though its reflective nature softens its animalistic gaze.

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas The Blue Lenses The Neon Bull exists well beyond the realm of didacticism, surrendering instead to the joys and the discomforts of the senses. Aug 25, 2018 Full Review Tom Long Detroit News Most of the movie is poking bulls, blaring rodeo announcers, time spent in the back of the truck as the bulls are moved from point A to point B. Not exactly riveting stuff ... Rated: C Jul 15, 2016 Full Review Scott Marks San Diego Reader With all the grace and symmetry of a peacock fanning its tail, director Gabriel Mascaro reveals his hand in quixotic blasts of expressionistic color, graphic sensuality, and a few things we've never before seen on film... Rated: 4/5 Jul 14, 2016 Full Review Aaron Boalick Vague Visages Mascaro internationalizes a strain of the French cinéma du corps as he weds it with the emerging art-house aesthetic of digital realism, crossing borders and species to create something extraordinary... Dec 1, 2023 Full Review Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com Securing Gabriel Mascaro laudable international renown, Neon Bull vaunts the director among the frontrunners forming a new generation of phenomenal Brazilian auteurs with this a moody, unpredictable drama. Rated: 4/5 Sep 30, 2020 Full Review Dustin Chang ScreenAnarchy An incredibly rich, intimate, warm portrait of human desire, jealousy, folly and dreams. Jul 17, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Rosana B Lento, que até no 1,5 parecia lento, um retrato sincero e delicado, da luta do interior, o malfadado agro, sotaque carregado gostoso, vivência rudimentar e rupestre, uma energia caótica deslumbrante, seja pela força desse povo, pela alegria com pequenos prazeres, o carinho familiar, as cenas de sexo, de uma poesia e beleza estética fantásticas, com ternura e aridez, a condescendência triste da falta de esperança, famigerada pobreza e a inversão dos papéis de gênero, perfeito e necessário... Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/28/24 Full Review Audience Member This is not your average movie. Brazilian, Uruguayan and Dutch cooperations with a rather low budgets rarely are. There's a plot here but it's wide. It's also taking several turns and directions. Some people are living off tipping bulls on some sort of rodeo courses. People on horses force them down one way or another, when they are on there backs there is time for a new bull. Iremar got them hyped up, smacking them around. Throwing some powder on them. In the dark he uses neon colored powder. He release them and it's on. People dig it. Some do. They travel around doing this show for a main living. He's with his girlfriend, Galega and her ten year old daughter. They course a lot around her. She is not in the best surroundings and get's beatings too. Some other people are nasty fellas into porn magazines that are everywhere and people are in general rather trashy. Iremar got a dream, though. He is dreaming of designing womens clothes. That's a subplot here. There's cheating here, with pregnant women, there are horses being masturbated and there are some violence and loads of animal cruelty. They should not suffer for human entertainment, so I'm hoping there are some tricks used here. It's been recomended for people over 21 through IMDB but it's not THAT nasty to be honest. It's not especially graphic. Lovely shot and pretty unique. Never flat and something fresh. It's about dreams and getting around, while being poor is no theme. 7.5 out of 10 mannequins. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member really, i didnt review this.... shit, the best movie lately, brazilian at least... seen on 15/09/2016 Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review joão p Neon Bull is another prove that brazilian movies is evolving for better, exploring diferent stories and diferent characters, Gabriel Mascaro show another side of Brazil with splendid direction helped by solid performances and an amazing visual. (4/5) Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Increíble película, de lo mejor del año (de los años)!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member interesting imagery on a few scenes, but that's all there's to it. the movie is a total bore as far as plot and character development go. don't waste your time. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A cowboy (Juliano Cazarré) designs exotic outfits for a sexy dancer (Maeve Jinkings) while working at a Brazilian rodeo.
Director
Gabriel Mascaro
Producer
Rachel Daisy Ellis
Screenwriter
Gabriel Mascaro, Marcelo Gomes
Distributor
Kino Lorber
Production Co
Programa Ibermedia, Desvia, Canal Brasil, Viking Film
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Brazilian Portuguese
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 8, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 23, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$23.0K
Runtime
1h 43m
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