Fados 2007

Tom Keogh, Seattle Times: [Director] Saura's personal love of fado goes back to his youth, and Fados reflects what is clearly his deeply imaginative, inner relationship with the genre's songs about loss, shifting hopes and elusive happiness. Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: What Fados lacks in jaw-dropping sexiness it makes up for in casual sensuality. Read more

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Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Never is his film less than cinematic. Read more

V.A. Musetto, New York Post: In total, there are more than a dozen performance pieces, all stylishly lensed. Read more

Manohla Dargis, New York Times: Fados is Carlos Saura's big-screen film about the musical genre that is the soul music of Portugal. Read more

Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: Casts a wondrous spell as the third installment of the Spanish director's musical trilogy, which also includes Flamenco (1995) and Tango (1998). Read more

Jonathan Curiel, San Francisco Chronicle: For those who've never before heard fado, Fados will be a revelation -- a window into a music that (like blues music) can be poetic, heartbreaking, melodramatic and redemptive, all at the same time. Read more

Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The effect is a coldly theatrical counterpoint to the hot-blooded sentiments. MORE REVIEWS bullet See an archive of recent movie reviews bullet Joe's Movie Lounge blog bullet Reel Time forum bullet Movie showtimes bullet Movie theaters Read more

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Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice: Saura is formally ambitious -- a troupe travels through the film, articulating lyrics in dance -- but the movie missteps when departing wholly from the intrinsic nostalgia of its subject. Read more

Dan Kois, Washington Post: That you very likely know nothing about who those legends are concerns Saura not at all; made for aficionados, Fados is virtually context-free. Read more