80
Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas
A dense, faithful and absorbing adaptation of the Joseph Conrad's 1907 novel. [08 Nov 1996]
The Secret Agent (O Agente Secreto)
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- Brazil
- 2025
- · 161m
Director
Kleber Mendonça Filho
Cast
Wagner Moura,
Carlos Francisco,
Tânia Maria,
Robério Diógenes,
Roney Villela,
Gabriel Leone,
Alice Carvalho,
Hermila Guedes,
Isabél Zuaa,
Maria Fernanda Cândido
Genre
Crime,
Drama,
Thriller
Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. Hoping to reunite with his son, he travels to Recife during Carnival but soon realizes that the city is not the safe haven he was expecting.
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75
Chicago Tribune by John Petrakis
This new version is quite faithful to Conrad's novel, not only in content but also in tone. [13 Dec 1996]
75
Baltimore Sun by Stephen Hunter
The movie is full of macabre surprises. As good as Hoskins is as the little sweat-manufacturer caught in everybody's pliers, far better is Robin Williams in an unbilled appearance as a nihilist dynamiter. [13 Dec 1996]
75
TV Guide Magazine by Staff (Not Credited)
Writer-director Christopher Hampton's adaptation of Joseph Conrad's widely-read novel is an honorable failure, a screen version that's actually too faithful to its source.
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Douglas Bell
On screen, the result feels stagey and cramped, as though the film had been "adjusted for your TV set" before going to video. [13 Dec 1996]
40
Empire by Staff (Not Credited)
The big surprise and highlight is not in the clumsily structured, jerky plot of the monotonous mood but an uncredited Robin Williams, actually chilling as a mad bomber anarchist.
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