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Medusa

Released Jul 29, 2022 2h 9m Horror Fantasy Mystery & Thriller Drama TRAILER for Medusa: Trailer 1 List
83% Tomatometer 53 Reviews 38% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings
Mari and her friends broadcast their spiritual devotion through pastel pinks and catchy evangelical songs about purity and perfection, but underneath it all they harbor a deep rage. By day they hide behind their manicured façade, and by night they form a masked, vigilante girl gang, prowling the streets in search of sinners who have deviated from the rightful path. After an attack goes wrong, leaving Mari scarred and unemployed, her view of community, religion, and her peers begin to shift. Nightmares of repressed desires and haunting visions of alluring temptation become undeniable and the urge to scream and release her paralyzing inner demons is more powerful than ever before. A neon-tinged genre-bender that gives provocative form to the overwhelming feminine fury coursing through modern life, MEDUSA dares us not to look away. Read More Read Less
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A stylish and well-acted tonal blend, Medusa confronts religious hypocrisy and sexism with invigorating anger.

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Mark Kermode Observer (UK) A genre film with something to say, and a unique voice with which to say it. Rated: 4/5 Jul 16, 2023 Full Review Kevin Maher Times (UK) ... The satire becomes entirely toothless and badly muddled by magic realism, and the writer-director Anita Rocha da Silveira’s initial target — Brazil’s far-right movement — drifts into the distance. Rated: 2/5 Jul 14, 2023 Full Review Marina Ashioti Little White Lies Albeit lacking in subtlety, this is a stylish film that revels in its ardent political commentary. Rated: 3/5 Jul 12, 2023 Full Review Nuha Hassan Nuha Hassan It’s the strength between women that binds them together and finds themselves running through the streets expressing their sexual freedom, expression, and feminist rage. Sep 8, 2023 Full Review David Parkinson Radio Times [Anita Rocha] da Silveira embarks upon surreal flights of fancy that invoke the 1960s Cinema Novo movement. Rated: 3/5 Jul 21, 2023 Full Review Vicky Lawrence Starburst It has everything you want in a film, a twisty plot, a great soundtrack that serves the finest synth-wave, feminine rage, and it’s shot beautifully. This is a must-watch for anyone interested in the monstrous feminine. Rated: 4/5 Jul 19, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Icaro C With strong acting and a nice and well paced narrative, the film succeds in making a nice and fresh critic to the current brazilian political landscape. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/17/23 Full Review brad p This is a neon pop-punk satire of a fever dream. It's a genre-defying ride that you'll immediately want to go on again. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review gulag Z An unbelievably tedious lecture. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/25/22 Full Review Christopher T Bad acting and a terrible spin from Greek Mythology to urban lifestyle. Bad acting, bad setting, just bad all around. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 09/04/22 Full Review Audience Member Ominous and funny with very well executed satire of religion. The symbolism that filmmaker incorporates is so powerful. The film is also aesthetically beautiful to watch and has an excellent soundtrack. A gripping and engaging film, highly recommend. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member The greatest 02 hours: and 09 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Mari and her friends broadcast their spiritual devotion through pastel pinks and catchy evangelical songs about purity and perfection, but underneath it all they harbor a deep rage. By day they hide behind their manicured façade, and by night they form a masked, vigilante girl gang, prowling the streets in search of sinners who have deviated from the rightful path. After an attack goes wrong, leaving Mari scarred and unemployed, her view of community, religion, and her peers begin to shift. Nightmares of repressed desires and haunting visions of alluring temptation become undeniable and the urge to scream and release her paralyzing inner demons is more powerful than ever before. A neon-tinged genre-bender that gives provocative form to the overwhelming feminine fury coursing through modern life, MEDUSA dares us not to look away.
Director
Anita Rocha da Silveira
Producer
Mayra Auad, Vânia Catani
Screenwriter
Anita Rocha da Silveira
Distributor
Music Box Films
Production Co
Canal Brasil, Bananeira Filmes, Peccadillo Pictures, MyMama Entertainment, Telecine
Genre
Horror, Fantasy, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language
Brazilian Portuguese
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 29, 2022, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA)
$10.2K
Runtime
2h 9m
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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