Totalmente Inocentes Explained

Totalmente Inocentes
Director:Rodrigo Bittencourt
Producer:Iafa Britz
Mariza Leão
Starring:Fábio Porchat
Fabio Assunção
Leandro Firmino
Mariana Rios
Kiko Mascarenhas
Music:Marcos Kuzka
Cinematography:Fabio Burtin
Editing:Maria Rezende
Studio:Atitude Produções
Globo Filmes
Migdal Filmes
Distributor:Paris Filmes
Runtime:90 minutes
Country:Brazil
Language:Portuguese
Gross:$2,659,775 [1]

Totalmente Inocentes is a 2012 Brazilian comedy film directed and written by Rodrigo Bittencourt. The film is a parody of the "favela movies", a genre whose exponents films are City of God and Elite Squad.[2]

The film stars Fábio Porchat, Fabio Assunção, Mariana Rios, Kiko Mascarenhas, Fábio Lago, Leandro Firmino and Álamo Facó, in addition to the special guests Ingrid Guimarães, Felipe Neto, Vivianne Pasmanter and Di Ferrero, lead singer of the band NX Zero.[3]

The film received generally negative reviews from critics, and grossed a total of $2,659,775 in Brazil.[4]

Plot

The community of the DDC is at war. The Branquelo do Morro and the Diaba Loira shemale are vying for power in the community. Oblivious to this, Da Fé believes he needs to become the boss of the hill to conquer the love of Gildinha. Everything gets worse when the reporter Vanderlei forges a cover.[5]

Reception

Critical response

Totalmente Inocentes received more negative reviews than positive, in several websites; one of the main Brazilian websites about movies, the AdoroCinema.com ranked the film with 1.5. The critic website wrote that "Totalmente Inocentes is a tiring film, it doesn't explores convincingly the material at hand [...] a movie totally weak." Critics from other well-known websites, like CineClick said "Totalmente Inocentes has a poor script and direction shortsighted and does not comply with the basic commitment of a comedy: make people laugh".[6] The website Cinema com Rapadura, quoted that "The humor is ridiculous and so unfunny".[7] Criticism from viewers of the websites were not different, mostly criticizing the script of Rodrigo Bittencourt.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2012 Brazil Yearly Box Office. 2014-04-26 . Box office Mojo.
  2. Web site: "Totalmente Inocentes" parodia filmes de favela, mas esquece de fazer rir . 2014-04-26 . IG.
  3. Web site: Totalmente Inocentes . 2014-04-26 . Revista de Cinema. 16 May 2012 .
  4. Web site: 2012 Brazil Yearly Box Office. 2014-04-26 . Box office Mojo.
  5. Web site: Brasil nas Telas - Totalmente Inocentes. 2014-04-26 . ancine.
  6. Web site: Totalmente Inocentes - Críticas da imprensa. 2014-04-26 . Adoro Cinema.
  7. Web site: Totalmente Inocentes (2012): paródia nacional não consegue entreter . 2014-04-26 . Cinema com Rapadura.
  8. Web site: Totalmente Inocentes - Críticas dos usuários . 2014-04-26 . Adoro Cinema.