Bus 174 is too long because the filmmakers are too timid about making a frontal attack on Brazilian society. Detail becomes a substitute for an open indictment.

| Feb 16, 2021

Building an indictment of the media, the police, and the provincial governor for placing self-interest above saving lives, Bus 174 opens out from the people directly involved in the incident to an examination of institutionalized poverty.

| Apr 10, 2018

A tense documentary with multiple layers of meaning.

Full Review | Jun 10, 2008

Relentlessly gripping.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Dec 27, 2007

Padilha allows neither easy answers nor ironic commentary, producing on both sides of the conflict a world of inconsolable grief.

| May 8, 2007

Slightly overlong for overseas audiences, José Padilha's film (co-directed by editor Felipe Lacerda) makes it crystal clear why this incident proved so traumatic for many Brazilians.

| Jan 26, 2006

Masterful.

| May 3, 2005

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 5, 2005

| Original Score: C+ | Aug 7, 2004

Much more troubling than any fiction...

| Jul 24, 2004

Padilha lays out the story with a crusader's fury while remaining careful not to slight the testimony or the suffering of Sandro's hostages.

| May 19, 2004

If City Of God cracked the skin, Bus 174 digs deep into the wound. An astounding, depressing triumph.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 14, 2004

reminds audiences that simple techniques are sometimes the most effective means of telling a dramatic story

| May 10, 2004

A stunning indictment of Brazil's social meltdown, this startling documentary plays like City Of God -- except this time the bullets are real.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 23, 2004

As thoroughly researched as any documentary in recent memory.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 7, 2004

A sizzling Brazilian real-life documentary by director Jose Padilha that outdoes reality 온라인카지노추천 in its dosage of reality.

| Original Score: B+ | Apr 1, 2004

Full of the kind of surprises, twists and cruel irony that have fueled many a Hollywood thriller.

| Original Score: B+ | Mar 21, 2004

Examines how this tragic saga stemmed from the deep fissures in Brazilian society, which pit a vast population of slum-dwelling street kids against the police and society at large.

| Mar 19, 2004

This smart, absorbing movie, which has been sharply edited by Felipe Lacerda, never feels like it's spreading itself too thin.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 12, 2004

It's a chilling tale that leaves us with the fear that Latin America's exploding social problems may well be beyond solution.

| Original Score: B | Mar 5, 2004