It's too cannily plotted and self-aware to achieve the sort of gonzo energy one associates with genuine cult items.

| Mar 11, 2020

Sweet, wild, and openhearted, Diamantino is as charming as its muddle-headed protagonist.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 1, 2019

"Diamantino" is one of those movies that looks super fun to make but is mind-numbing to actually watch.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jun 27, 2019

"Diamantino" is no less committed to these ideas than it is to its own uneven, unforgettable lunacy.

| Jun 27, 2019

The sports-celebrity-industrial complex is merely one target of this robust, rollicking satire.

| Jun 26, 2019

The whole enterprise has a charm to it and it certainly is never boring. Bewildering, maybe, but never boring.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 24, 2019

It sizzles with a comic energy rare for a movie with such blunt and weighty political commentary.

| May 23, 2019

As these two characters, Cotta and Tavares make an unusually appealing odd couple - and the most idiosyncratic rooting interests the movies have served up this year.

| May 23, 2019

Feels fated to be remembered as the "giant fluffy puppy soccer movie," and both the giant fluffy puppies and Cotta provide enough laughs to make it worthwhile.

| May 21, 2019

The film is at its strongest when depicting how Diamantino becomes a tool of politicians hoping to oust Portugal from the EU.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 17, 2019

The film is fun, but, for all its inventiveness, it's a bit tame, with its nice-but-dim hero. But Diamantino is never dull.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 8, 2019

Utterly bonkers, heartfelt and perfectly tied together. Goal!

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 16, 2019

There's a wonderful method to the madness of Diamantino, which crams an unbelievable amount of commentary into a surreal, entertaining 90 minutes.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 19, 2018

Diamantino is both a clear provocation and, simultaneously, an utter delight.

| Oct 17, 2018

Part B-movie spoof, part handcrafted satire, and always driven by a genuine vision for a better tomorrow, Diamantino is like looking at today's Europe through a funhouse mirror, and somehow seeing it more clearly as a result.

| Original Score: A- | Oct 5, 2018

Part political satire, part fantasy, part I-don't-even-know-what, Diamantino is exactly the type of surreal concoction that begs to be discovered by unsuspecting audiences.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 6, 2018

A witty, gender-bending fairytale for adults, complete with a Cinderella protagonist.

| Aug 9, 2018

Diamantino is a love story. Immense craft has gone into relentlessly mocking its dumb hunk of a lead character while flooding each of the 90 minutes with pure affection.

| May 18, 2018

"Love has reasons that even reason can't understand," muses Diamantino in voiceover at one point; so does this lovably ludicrous film.

| May 12, 2018

Love it or hate it, this title will surely be hotly debated wherever it goes, and that's just based on the story it contains, not the outstanding way in which everything has been imagined, assembled and played.

| May 11, 2018