THE SCORE II

 

This was the decade of Tarantino and Titanic. From Schindler's List to The Blair Witch Project, movies and the hype that went with them seemed bigger than ever. However, too many great films somehow got lost in the shuffle. While some were recalled by Oscar voters and many managed to squeak out a modest box office return, these films nonetheless failed to click in the memory banks of both the critics and with audiences.

Amazingly, now, from Portugal, a Film with capital “F”.


This is one of those films that delights in playing with the audience, dropping little clues here, sweet promises there, while dispossessing each person slowly before our eyes.

Like the characters themselves, we are constantly surprised by every fact we discover about them. Misunderstandings and cloudy motives obscure the truth--if it's there at all--and we soon realize that no one is remotely as innocent as they seem.

All of this is brilliantly played by the cast, especially the ones, unknown, unfitted, characters in a role they are not aware of. Characters who are incapable to generate chemistry even when we believe nothing will happen with and because of them.

The result is a film that gets increasingly both funny and scary, simply because we're never sure what will happen next… 


                                                                              The Pirate Film Critics Society