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Absence

Absence (Ausência)

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  • Brazil
  • 2014
  • · 84m

Director Chico Teixeira
Cast Matheus Fagundes, Irandhir Santos, Gilda Nomacce, Thiago de Matos, Andréia Mayumi, Mateus Mariano, Tony Ravan, Glória Rabelo, Vinicius Zinn, Francisca Gavilán
Genre Drama

Serginho has a hard time finding his place in the world as he works with his uncle at the market, supports his depressed mother, and takes care of his little brother.

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What are critics saying?

40

The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck

By the time the proceedings reach their "Paranormal Activity"-style violent conclusion, the viewer’s interest has long since waned.

40

The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis

Mundane conversations and outings drag on while the central mystery takes baby steps forward, suggesting that a shorter running time or a more developed script might have better served the originality of the premise.

33

The A.V. Club by A.A. Dowd

There’s absence here, all right—of scares, of imagination, and of a good reason to pick up that camera in the first place.

20

New York Daily News by Joe Neumaier

What starts as a creepy, original conceit — mysterious Caesarean-section abductions during hospital stays — devolves quickly into standard talk-to-the-camera, jump-at-the-sounds, found-footage banality.

12

Slant Magazine by Chuck Bowen

The tension almost immediately leaks out of the narrative once we realize we're watching a found-footage horror movie.

10

Village Voice by Chuck Wilson

There are many things absent from this found-footage horror movie, including suspense, logic, and originality.