plague-of-grackles 😷🍉🐈⬛If you’ve been meaning to watch “The Secret Agent” and have been putting it off, go ahead and watch it. It’s a very good film. Watched it in two installments cuz it’s longish.
Pao_1Is The Secret Agent good?
I'm not sure of what to think. It's a complicated movie, and I loved the full immersion in 1970s Brazil, the mesmerising profusion of characters, the bombardment of cultural references, some of the acting, but I also disliked the many distracting subplots, the weak story, and the (pointless?) ending.
Oh, well.
The Secret Agent, Clever Mendonca Filho
7/10
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The Hollywood ReporterPlatino Awards Xcaret Reveal 2026 Nominations: ‘Belén,’ ‘Los Domingos’ Lead Films With 11 Noms
#MovieNews #Movies #OliverLaxe #PlatinoAwards #TheSecretAgent #WagnerMoura
Hacker News'The Secret Agent': Exploring a Vibrant, yet Violent Brazil (2025)
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DeadlineJoachim Trier’s ‘Sentimental Value’ Wins Best International Feature And Strikes a Blow Against Politicians That Aren’t “Responsible For All Children”
#News #Awardsnews #ItWasJustAnAccident #Oscars #Oscars2026 #SentimentalValue #Sirat #TheSecretAgent #TheVoiceOfHindRajab
Joachim Trier’s ‘Sentimental Value’ Wins Best International Feature And Strikes a Blow Against Politicians That Aren’t “Responsible For All Children”
Joachim Trier’s ‘Sentimental Value’ wins Best International Feature and strikes a blow against politicians that aren’t “responsible for all children”
Ricardo HarvinOf the 5 of this year's Best Picture nominees I've seen, Sinners is my favorite, with Hamnet close behind.
The other 3, in order of preference, are:
The Secret Agent, One Battle After Another, Bugonia.
The last 2 absolutely do not deserve to be considered Best Picture despite having many excellent aspects.
Overall, the last two are too inconsistent and problematic in too many ways, for me.
#movie #movies #film #cinema #Sinners #Hamnet #TheSecretAgent #OneBattleAfterAnother #Bugonia #Oscars
Anna NeumaierBin bei weitem nicht so angry wie bei #Oppenheimer und auch etwas weniger als bei #Anora, aber statt #obaa hätt #sinners oder #thesecretagent gewinnen dürfen. Beide hatten für mich neben der handwerklichen Exzellenz die Extra-Meile der innovativen Erzählweise zu bieten. #oscars2026 #academyawards
The Secret Agent is good but too slow and the first hour and a half is just too much and needs editing.
It does a great job of immersing us into its world; it's almost cinema vérité.
Gritty, sweaty, and earthy, it's a sensory movie that makes the environment almost palpable.
Wagner Moura is excellent and is the thread that weaves the past, present, and future of the story into a tapestry of Brazil's recent history, nightmares and all.
Jeff NascimentoThis is how Brazil followed the #Oscars, cheering for #TheSecretAgent