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Bossa Nova has no beat.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
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The New York Times by A.O. Scott
There must be a name for a picture so inconsequential, in which the music provides so much of the chemistry that you get the feeling Bossa Nova would be funereal without it.
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Philadelphia Inquirer by Carrie Rickey
Not only is Bossa Nova a lovely romance, but one can say, as one can about few films, that it is restorative as a vacation.
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Washington Post by Desson Thomson
Unromantic, nonsexual and hellaciously dull.
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Film.com by Elizabeth Weitzman
Despite the frivolous feel, it's clear the director intends for Bossa Nova to be a love letter to his two passions: Brazil and his leading lady (who's also his real-life wife). Neither lets him down.
80
Imagine a '30s screwball comedy played to a sensuous Brazilian beat and you're ready for Bossa Nova, a delightfully amusing romantic roundelay.
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Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum
The air smells sweet and there's a thrumming beat in Bossa Nova.
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TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh
The city looks breathtakingly lovely, the movie's Brazilian characters are charming and filled with joie de vivre, and using excerpts would take care of the fact that the pacing's a bit sluggish for such fluffy material.
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San Francisco Chronicle by Peter Stack
Does have a certain classy charm because of its upscale setting. One could wait for the video.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer by William Arnold
A cheerful and stylish romantic comedy that's easy on the eyes and ears, and makes few demands on the intellect.