Realização:
David AttwoodCâmara:
Ulf BrantåsMúsica:
Rob LaneElenco:
Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hardy, Nicola Duffett, Barbara Barnes, Claire-Louise Cordwell, Timothy Carlton, Edna Doré, Felicity Dean, George Anton (mais)Streaming (1)
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A curta vida de Stuart Shorter (Tom Hardy) foi uma vida de turbulência e caos. Era um sem-abrigo alcoólico e viciado em drogas, utilizador de facas e com uma infeliz predileção por violência. No entanto, a vida de Stuart sofreu uma reviravolta inesperada quando conheceu o escritor e trabalhador numa obra de caridade Alexander Masters (Benedict Cumberbatch), com quem travou uma amizade improvável. Quando Alexander anunciou que queria escrever a biografia de Stuart, este exortou-o a contar a história ao contrário, para a tornar mais excitante - mais como um mistério policial de Tom Clancy. À medida que a sua notável aliança se desenvolvia, Stuart foi contando gradualmente a história da sua vida às avessas, com a sua personalidade resiliente e sentido de humor sarcástico a darem à história um tom quase tragicómico. Por entre assaltos a postos de Correio, tentativas de suicídio e estadias em inúmeras instituições, Alexander recebeu um vislumbre de um mundo totalmente estranho e começou a entender como é que a vida de Stuart pôde descambar tanto fora de controlo. A HBO apresenta a aclamada adaptação cinematográfica da biografia bestseller de Alexander Masters: "Stuart: A Life Backwards". (HBO Portugal)
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When you get Tom Hardy and Benedict Cumberbatch it’s practically every movie buff’s obligation to get that movie and watch it with gusto. And watch it with gusto I did, but it wasn’t as polished as I’d expected. I mean Tom Hardy was absolutely amazing, there’s not debating that. As expected, he was the sturdiest beam that held the qualities of the story together. Then obviously the plot is another thing you can count on with a movie like this. But that’s about it. Benedict delivered an inconspicuous and standard performance. The editor, on the other hand, probably puffed on some hash because for example at the beginning, I couldn’t understand the relationship between Tom and Benedict. I don’t know if it was intended, but Benedict comes across as really naïve. Tom portrays a junkie and Ben simply moves in with him and pretends it’s nothing. It seemed the story was so brutal and sad that at times the authors tried to make it lighter with some chill scenes. Something like Trainspotting. But I don’t think it worked out too well in this case.
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Great acting from Hardy and Cumberbatch is this soberly presented human-interest story with a pacemaker instead of a heart. Stuart’s story has the ideal balance of humor and sad to depressive (and bloody) moments and Attwood is fairly successful at supplementing them with animated passages (most likely) similar to the illustrations in the book. Stuart isn’t trying to be anybody else, he just brings his own story. Simply a nice movie about the suffering and the joy of a friend... who’s homeless.
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